英语词汇“fall of the leaf”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P4. (the) fall of the leaf: the shedding of leaves by many plants in autumn; the time of year when this occurs; also figurative. Cf. earlier falling of the leaf n. at falling n.¹ Phrases 1. Cf. sense 40a and also leaf fall n. at leaf n.¹ Compounds 2.

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1537 Duchess of Norfolk Let. 24 Oct. (modernized text) in M. A. E. Wood Lett. Royal & Illustrious Ladies (1846) II. 363 I am sick at the fall of the leaf and at the spring of the year.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 15 Spring tyme, Somer, faule of the leafe, and winter.

1613 G. Markham Eng. Husbandman: 1st Pt. ii. vii. 63 You shall also euery spring and fall of the leafe clense your fruit trees from mosse.

1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities 48 Bears are very fat in the fall of the leaf, at which time they are excellent venison.

1704 Dict. Rusticum Squirrel-hunting, the proper time to hunt this little Animal, is at the fall of the Leaf.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 278 They seldom, therefore, seek for hiding-places before the fall of the leaf.

1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 488 The winter pruning should be performed..at the fall of the leaf.

1894 Indian Forester 20 76 The fall of the leaf is no more a symbol of death than are any of the wonderful and beautiful changes that take place in the order of nature.

1931 K. M. Smith Textbk. Agric. Entomol. ix. 143 Matheson recommends spraying the trees in March before the foliage has appeared, or in autumn after the fall of the leaf.

1976 Financial Times 20 Nov. 8 Rich are they in the symbolism of life and death, ripeness so soon followed by corruption, the flower by the fall of the leaf.

2006 GP 17 Nov. 20 ‘Ah, the fall of the leaf, when the grave yawns ever wider,’ my senior partner whispers sagely.

单词	fall of the leaf
释义	> as lemmas (the) fall of the leaf P4. (the) fall of the leaf: the shedding of leaves by many plants in autumn; the time of year when this occurs; also figurative. Cf. earlier falling of the leaf n. at falling n.¹ Phrases 1. Cf. sense 40a and also leaf fall n. at leaf n.¹ Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1537 Duchess of Norfolk Let. 24 Oct. (modernized text) in M. A. E. Wood Lett. Royal & Illustrious Ladies (1846) II. 363 I am sick at the fall of the leaf and at the spring of the year. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 15 Spring tyme, Somer, faule of the leafe, and winter. 1613 G. Markham Eng. Husbandman: 1st Pt. ii. vii. 63 You shall also euery spring and fall of the leafe clense your fruit trees from mosse. 1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities 48 Bears are very fat in the fall of the leaf, at which time they are excellent venison. 1704 Dict. Rusticum Squirrel-hunting, the proper time to hunt this little Animal, is at the fall of the Leaf. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 278 They seldom, therefore, seek for hiding-places before the fall of the leaf. 1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 488 The winter pruning should be performed..at the fall of the leaf. 1894 Indian Forester 20 76 The fall of the leaf is no more a symbol of death than are any of the wonderful and beautiful changes that take place in the order of nature. 1931 K. M. Smith Textbk. Agric. Entomol. ix. 143 Matheson recommends spraying the trees in March before the foliage has appeared, or in autumn after the fall of the leaf. 1976 Financial Times 20 Nov. 8 Rich are they in the symbolism of life and death, ripeness so soon followed by corruption, the flower by the fall of the leaf. 2006 GP 17 Nov. 20 ‘Ah, the fall of the leaf, when the grave yawns ever wider,’ my senior partner whispers sagely. extracted from falln.² < as lemmas
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