| 单词 | in the leaf |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the leaf b. in the leaf: designating tea or tobacco sold in the form of loose, uncut leaves. Cf. loose-leaf adj. Additions. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [adjective] > stemmed or cut > not in the leaf1651 unstemmed1883 1651 J. French Art Distillation ii. 49 Of Tobacco in the leafe three ounces. 1688 Act 1 William & Mary 2nd Sess. c. 6 §2 in Statutes of Realm (1963) VI. 18 The Duties and Charges hereafter mentioned shall be collected and received..at the Custome house upon Coffee-Berries, Tea in the Leafe and Cacao Nutts. 1766 London Mag. Nov. 600/1 The St. Ignatius..arrived in the bay of Cadiz on the 20th ult. Her cargo..consists of 534,864 crowns; 497 arobes of tobacco in the leaf.., and other effects. 1860 Penny Newsman 11 May 3/2 There are jars of apple jelly and of tomato sauce, vases of tea in the leaf and of coffee in the berry. 1898 Tit-Bits 7 May 105/3 Tobacco..in the Navy..is usually served out in the leaf. 1929 N.Y. Times 9 Oct. 47/4 Coffee in the bean and tea in the leaf have always been unsatisfactory to both the trade and the consumer. 1950 Mercury (Hobart) 11 Feb. 11/5 When the Admiralty's present supply of tobacco in the leaf is exhausted, the issue is to be stopped. 2009 D. Rawe Spargo's Confession (2012) xxviii. 251 We took on a cargo of..ten bales of tobacco in the leaf. < as lemmas |
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