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a leafless [noun]
leafless 常作定语，修饰树、枝条等名词。
The leafless tree stood against the gray sky.
那棵光秃秃的树矗立在灰蒙蒙的天空下。
无叶的
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无叶的
having no leaves
The leafless tree stood against the gray sky.
那棵光秃秃的树矗立在灰蒙蒙的天空下。
(植物或树木)无叶的。
Of plants or trees, without leaves.
In winter, the garden looks sad with its leafless trees.
冬天里，花园因光秃秃的树木而显得凄凉。
The leafless branches stretched toward the gray sky.
光秃秃的树枝伸向灰蒙蒙的天空。
After the storm, the once green hedge stood leafless.
暴风雨过后，原本绿油油的树篱变得光秃秃的。
leafless 常作定语，修饰树、枝条等名词。
The leafless tree stood against the gray sky.
那棵光秃秃的树矗立在灰蒙蒙的天空下。
作表语时说明主语处于无叶的状态。
The plants are leafless in early spring.
这些植物在早春时节没有叶子。
become 强调从有叶到无叶的变化过程。
The branches become leafless after the first frost.
初霜过后，树枝变得光秃秃的。
Not this
The tree has leafless.
Use this
The tree is leafless.
leafless 是形容词，不能作 have 的宾语。汉语“没有叶子”常用“没有”表达，但英语中表示状态用 be + 形容词，或用 have + 名词（如 have no leaves）。
Not this
This tree leafless in winter.
Use this
This tree is leafless in winter.
汉语形容词可直接作谓语，但英语形容词作表语时必须借助系动词 be。leafless 是形容词，需在主语后加 is/are 等系动词才构成完整句子。
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光秃秃的树
A leafless tree stood in the middle of the field.
一棵光秃秃的树矗立在田野中央。
无叶的枝条
The leafless branches swayed in the cold wind.
无叶的枝条在寒风中摇曳。
树叶落尽的冬季
In the leafless winter, the park looked gray and empty.
在树叶落尽的冬季，公园显得灰暗而空旷。
光秃秃的景色
The leafless landscape stretched to the horizon.
光秃秃的景色一直延伸到地平线。
光秃秃的灌木丛
A leafless bush grew beside the wall.
墙边长着一丛光秃秃的灌木。
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leaf（叶子）+ less（无）→ 无叶的。想象一棵光秃秃的树，一片叶子也没有。
语域：neutral 常见场景：秋冬季节描写树木、植物学描述、文学作品中的景色描写 leafless 是中性形容词，通常用于描述树木或植物在落叶后没有叶子的状态，多出现在书面语、植物学描述或文学写景中；日常口语里更常说 without leaves 或 bare。
The target 'leafless' is pronounced /ˈliːflɪs/ (stress on first syllable). The listed words share the spelling ending '-less', but their suffix is pronounced /ləs/ rather than the /lɪs/ in the given form, so they do not rhyme with 'leafless'. No common English word rhymes exactly with /ˈliːflɪs/.
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