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单词 fig leaf
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
fig leaf′, 
    1. Plant Biologythe leaf of a fig tree.
    2. Fine Arta representation of a fig leaf, used as an ornament in architecture, as a cover for the genitalia on a statue or in a painting, etc.
    3. something intended to conceal what may be considered indecorous or indecent:to approach the facts of life with the fig leaves of roundabout expressions.
    • 1525–35

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
fig leaf n
  1. a leaf from a fig tree
  2. a representation of a leaf, usually a vine leaf rather than an actual fig leaf, used in painting or sculpture to cover the genitals of nude figures
  3. a device intended to conceal something regarded as shameful or indecent
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