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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -fig leaf-, *fig leaf*
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English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
fig leaf(n) ใบของต้นไม้ตระกูลมะเดื่อ
fig leaf(n) สิ่งปกปิดความผิด, See also: สิ่งปิดเรื่องน่าอาย

ตัวอย่างประโยค จาก Open Subtitles  **ระวัง คำแปลอาจมีข้อผิดพลาด**
They're already hurting, so why not leave them with a little fig leaf of dignity.พวกเขากำลังเจ็บปวดอยู่ ทำไมไม่ปล่อยให้พวกเขาอยู่กับ ความมีเกียรติสักหน่อยล่ะ I've Got You Under Your Skin (2012)

WordNet (3.0)
fig leaf(n) a leaf from a fig tree
fig leaf(n) a covering consisting of anything intended to conceal something regarded as shameful

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
fig leaf

1. The leaf from a fig tree. [ PJC ]

2. An ornamental design shaped like the leaf of a fig tree, used in architecture; also, a design shaped like a fig leaf to cover genitalia in sculpture or paintings -- in reference to the biblical story in Genesis of Adam and Eve, who covered their privates with fig leaves. [ PJC ]

3. Hence: [ figurative ] Anything used to conceal what is considered embarrassing or indecent. See sense 2. [ PJC ]

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