fold

英 [fəʊld] 美 [foʊld]

• vt. 包；折叠；交叉；拥抱
• vi. 翻倍；屈服；倒闭
• n. 折层；折痕

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 折叠; 对折交叠

   turn or press back one part of and lay on the remaining part; bend into two or more parts

2. vt. 包围,包起,笼罩

   enclose; wrap; cover

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 羊栏，畜栏
2. 羊群
3. 褶层，褶页
4. 折叠，折
5. 褶痕，褶皱，皱
6. （教会的）信徒
7. 教会
8. 团
9. 坑洼，起伏
10. 信仰
11. 价值观相同的一群人

v. 动词

1. 笼罩，包围
2. 包，裹，包起
3. 合拢
4. 失败，垮台，彻底失败
5. 抱住， 拥抱，搂住
6. 关闭，公司、戏剧等倒闭，被迫歇业
7. 对折起来，交叠，摺叠， 对摺，折小，叠平
8. 把...关进栏内，把…关进羊栏
9. 叉手，交叉
10. 盘（脚）
11. 因生意清淡而停演
12. 可以折叠，可以对折，可以摺叠，可折小，可叠平
13. 结束
14. 衰退，垮下
15. 由于酗酒而崩溃
16. 翻倍

英英释义

Noun:

1. an angular or rounded shape made by folding;

   "a fold in the napkin"
   "a crease in his trousers"
   "a plication on her blouse"
   "a flexure of the colon"
   "a bend of his elbow"
   

2. a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

3. a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock

4. a group of sheep or goats

5. a folded part (as in skin or muscle)

6. a pen for sheep

7. the act of folding;

   "he gave the napkins a double fold"
   

Verb:

1. bend or lay so that one part covers the other;

   "fold up the newspaper"
   "turn up your collar"
   

2. incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating;

   "Fold the egg whites into the batter"
   

3. cease to operate or cause to cease operating;

   "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"
   "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."
   "close up the shop"
   

4. confine in a fold, like sheep

5. become folded or folded up;

   "The bed folds in a jiffy"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Dark clouds folded the hills.
   乌云笼罩着群山。
2. I folded the handkerchief and put it in my pocket.
   我折好手绢，放进口袋里。
3. The paper should be folded in half.
   这张纸应该对折。
4. The border guard folded his arms across his chest and glared the front.
   边防战士双手交叉于胸前紧紧瞪着前方。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. if a business folds, it closes because it is not able to make enough money.
   如果有公司倒闭关门,那是因为它没办法赚取足够的钱。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Does this table fold?
   这桌子可以折叠起来吗?
2. Paper folds more easily than cardboard.
   纸比纸板容易折叠。
3. The cloth doesn't fold well.
   这种布不好折叠。
4. A fan folds.
   扇子可以折叠起来。

用作系动词

S+～+ adj.

1. This garden chair folds flat.
   花园里用的椅子可以折叠。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. I folded the letter and then put it into the envelope.
   我把信折好后放进信封里。
2. The boy folded his dresses and put them away .
   那男孩把衣服叠好收了起来。
3. Fold the napkins and put one by each plate.
   把餐巾叠好,每个盘子边放一张。
4. They are folding printed sheets for binding.
   他们正在把印好的书页折叠起来准备装订。
5. The eagle folded its wings.
   鹰把翅膀收拢。
6. Dark clouds folded the hills.
   乌云笼罩着群山。
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7. The quilts and the blankets were neatly folded.
   被子和毯子叠得很整齐。
8. The paper must be folded in half.
   这张纸必须对折。

其他

1. He was sitting with his arms folded.
   他交抱着胳膊坐着。
2. He found some seeds folded in a little piece of paper.
   他发现小纸张中包有一些种子。

经典引文

• The thick woollen stockings..would not stay up but hung in folds round her ankles.

  出自： A. Gray

• Her crooked fingers worked amongst the folds of her silken skirt.

  出自： G. Heyer

• The effect was found to be several fold greater than of steam from the same quantity of fuel.

  出自： N. Arnott

• He envies those who have learned, / when reading newspapers, / how to fold them.

  出自： W. H. Auden

• There was the distant sound of folded sheep.

  出自： I. Murdoch

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

fold away (v.+adv.)

折叠起来挪开 be able to be bent for storage
fold sth ⇔ away
These doors are made in pieces that can be folded away against the wall.

这些门都是几块拼成的,可以折叠起来靠在墙上。
This bed can be easily folded away.

这张床能很容易地折叠起来。

fold back (v.+adv.)

对叠起来 bend back; double back
fold sth ⇔ back
He folded back the page so he could remember the place.

他将那页书折叠起来,这样他可以记得自己读到什么地方了。

fold in¹ (v.+adv.)

(烹调)把…加进去搅拌 add sth to sth and mix them
fold sth ⇔ in
It'll taste even better if you fold in some eggs.

要是你打几个鸡蛋进去,那就更美了。
Fold in two eggs and then cook gently for thirty minutes.

拌入两只鸡蛋,然后再用文火煮半小时。
Fold in the beaten whites of two eggs.

加进两个打散的蛋清后搅匀。

fold in² (v.+prep.)

笼罩,环绕 cover

fold up (v.+adv.)

(把…)折叠起来 bend so as to take a smaller space
fold up
The pain in her stomach was so sharp that she folded up.

她的胃疼得非常厉害,已经支持不住了。 fold up
In economic crisis, smaller enterprises are usually among the first to fold up.

经济危机一到,小企业往往最先倒闭。
She had known too many businesses folded up through bad management.

她见到过的因经营不善而倒闭的公司太多了。
The business finally folded up last week.

这家企业终于在上个星期垮掉了。
The new restaurant folded up in less than a year.

那家新开的饭馆没到一年就关门了。
The team folded up in the last part of the season.

这个队在本赛季的最后阶段失利了。 fold up
He sat down on the chair, but it suddenly folded up under him.

他往椅子上一坐,但是那张椅子突然倒在他的屁股底下。
The moment the clown appeared on stage, the audience folded up.

小丑一出现在舞台上,观众们个个笑得前仰后合。 fold sth ⇔ up
Please fold up all the table-cloth and put them into the store-room.

请把台布都叠起来,送到储藏室里去。
He folded up his umbrella as he entered the room.

他一进屋就收起了雨伞。
She folded up some shirts.

她把一些衬衫折叠起来。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• fold a length of cloth 把一段布叠好
• fold a letter 把信叠起来
• fold a newspaper 把报纸叠好
• fold a tent 把帐篷叠好
• fold one's arms about sb's neck 抱着某人的头颈

～+副词

• fold neatly 折叠整齐
• fold placidly 慢慢地搅拌
• fold tenderly 慈爱地抱着
• fold tensely 紧紧地抱住
• fold threateningly 即将倒闭
• fold unconsciously 心不在焉地搅拌
• fold voluminously 大部分倒闭
• fold wearily 支持不住
• fold back (使)向后折
• fold down 把(某物的)一部分或一半翻下或折起来
• fold down the corner of a page 把书页的角折叠起来

～+介词

• fold in 把…抱在…之中
• fold the baby in one's arms 把孩子搂在怀里
• fold the letter in two 把这封信对折起来

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. fold的基本意思是“折叠”,可指对折,也可指交叠,引申可表示“包围,包起,笼罩”。
2. fold用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构; 也可接副词away, up或介词in, around, into 等短语作宾语补足语, fold也可用作不及物动词,这时主动形式常含有被动意义。
3. fold偶尔可用作系动词接形容词作表语。
4. fold的过去分词folded常用作形容词,在句中作定语。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的faldan，意为折叠衣物。

近反义词

【近义词】

• bend
• crease
• double
• pleat

【反义词】

• unfold 展开