单词 | foliage |
释义 | foliage (foʊliɪdʒ ) uncountable noun The leaves of a plant are referred to as its foliage. ...shrubs with grey or silver foliage. Image of foliage © John Bill, Shutterstock Collocations: green foliage Among the dense, dark green foliage, with the white flowers of enchanter's nightshade glimmering beneath it, there is hardly any sound of birds. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The bright green foliage tolerates full sun or light shade, so use it as a groundcover or understorey planting. Times, Sunday Times (2015) This is a good dense shrub rose with beautiful single pink blooms and light green foliage. Times, Sunday Times (2013) In the early spring, their upright tufts of light green foliage provide a background for daffodils and tulips. A Patchwork Garden: Unexpected Pleasures from a Country Garden (1990) This one is an old variety with grey green foliage and white flowers; height and spread approx 40cm. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The grey foliage glitters marvellously in bright sun. Times, Sunday Times Excellent grey foliage all year round. Times, Sunday Times You could regard lavender's grey foliage as being coated in sun factor 15, reflecting the sun's rays and allowing the plant to lie unharmed in the midday sun. Times, Sunday Times Silver and light grey foliage plants are much sought after in the garden, and for good reason. Times, Sunday Times It has fragrant flowers that bees and butterflies love in summer and attractive silver grey foliage. The Sun He was last pictured for a 1998 documentary, which shows his face peering through jungle foliage and his palm-thatched hut. The Sun Totally tropical: this pattern features toucans and jungle foliage on a polyester curtain. Times, Sunday Times The night-time footage showed the rhino eating, peering through jungle foliage, and sniffing the film equipment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Initially, they acted as guides in movement of units from one area to another and were able to confirm unit locations in the thick jungle foliage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Nearing the airstrip, a shrill ring from a solar-powered telephone echoes through the thick foliage. The Sun Goldcrests have small, mossy nests concealed in the thick foliage at the end of fir branches. Times, Sunday Times In cooked rhubarb the fruitiness becomes more generic, losing ground to the thick foliage flavour. Times, Sunday Times Even in wet weather, water may not soak through thick foliage. Times, Sunday Times Some come from human 'nests', carefully built within the thick foliage of wild hedges. Times, Sunday Times In summer, a zinc overhang prevents the high midday sun s from overheating the rooms, as do the green roof, air vents and tree foliage. Times, Sunday Times If an overhead canopy of tree foliage obliterates much of the sunshine, the best light will reach the ground in early spring, before the leaves have unfurled. Times, Sunday Times Both dibatags and gerenuks habitually stand on their two hind legs to reach acacia and other tree foliage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The suckers at the base of older trees are often more heavily infested than the mature tree foliage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Stags, more than hinds, will stand on their hind legs on feed on tree foliage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I especially love the lemurs, which roam in dense tropical foliage near the beach. Times, Sunday Times Think pattern, colour, bold murals and texture, all offset by tropical foliage and giant ferns. Times, Sunday Times But the dream of the ranch rotted amid the tropical foliage. Times, Sunday Times The others - including evergreen types, any with variegated foliage and those growing in containers - need protection. The Sun Variegated foliage - two colours in the same leaf - introduces lightness into a dark garden, as do shiny leaves. Times, Sunday Times Plants with variegated foliage get a rough deal from some gardeners and nearly all garden designers these days. Times, Sunday Times This has variegated foliage, useful for picking and a good foil to other shrubs. Times, Sunday Times Miscanthus can be loosely grouped by the three most common and most striking attributes: variegated foliage, silver flowers, and pink or red flowers. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 叶子 Japanese: 葉 |
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