fig leaf

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ˈfig leaf noun [countable]  HBPthe large leaf of the fig tree, sometimes shown in paintings as covering people’s sex organs 无花果树叶〔绘画中常用以遮盖性器官〕

Examples from the Corpus

fig leaf• Within a few days of its unveiling Achilles was modestly kitted out with a fig leaf.• In other words it is Picasso without a fig leaf.• But there is more fig leaf than fact in this rationalization.• The fig leaf, however, helped little.• But this fig leaf fooled no one.

ˈfig leaf nounChineseSyllable  

of the tree, Corpus fig leaf the large

fig leaf
ˈfig leaf noun [countable]
the large leaf of the fig tree, sometimes shown in paintings as covering people’s sex organs

fig leafBrE /ˈfɪɡ liːf/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfɪɡ liːf/ 🔊 nouna leaf of a fig tree, traditionally used for covering the sex organs of naked bodies in paintings and on statues 无花果树叶（传统上用作裸体画像或雕像的遮阴物）a thing that is used to hide an embarrassing fact or situation 遮羞布