h verb [VN] [often passive] to stop sth from happening,
especially sth illegal; to prevent sb from doing sth jk J&, Slit;; ftjit ( ) H77I THWART: to
foil a
plan/crime/plot ® E if #J / 3E W / 0 Customs
officials foiled an attempt to smuggle the paintings out of the country.
i$] o 0 They were foiled in their attempt to
smuggle the paintings.
foist /foist/
verb ia;i:M ‘foist sb/sth on/upon sb to
force sb to accept sb/sth that they do not want
■]$ it IE • • • 3M/JPA: The title for her novel was foisted on her by the publishers.
fold On /fauld; NAmE fould/ verb, noun
m verb 1 [VN] ~ sth (up) | ~ sth (back, down, over, etc.) to bend sth, especially
paper or cloth, so that one part lies on top of another part frS, Iff#? ( ) : He
folded the map up and put it in his pocket. fteffiftfeHlifiS
A, tlfpto o First, fold the paper in half/in
two. fE #t ^2 A o o The blankets had been
folded down. AflBJlrS^gAo 0 a pile of neatly folded clothes - fl A fft A M <> The bird folded its wings. IPR-S,iBc^TEQ3 unfold —see also fold-up 2 ~ (sth) (away/down) to bend sth so that it
becomes smaller or flatter and can be stored or carried more easily; to bend or
be able to bend in this way £ff/fr, # a, ) = [vn] The bed
can be folded away during the day.
0 [V] The table folds up when not in
use.
^M Bt W'iff §o 0 (figurative) When she heard the
news, her legs just folded under her (= she fell). M Vf
I!]
( m£M± ) . 0 [V-ADJ] The ironing board folds flat for easy storage. M A, f§L
3 [VN] ~ A in B | - B round/over A to wrap sth around sb/sth
fo,; H: She gently folded the baby in a blanket. 0 She folded a
blanket around the baby. MfhllAfEI&JLilTSiiAo 4 [V] (of a company, a play,
etc. £lfj, $£}i|%) to close because it is not
successful fg|ff]; A IR71 fold
sb in your ‘arms (literary) to put your arms around sb and hold them against
your body fold your
‘arms to put one of your arms over the other one and hold
them against your body —picture
0
arm fold your ‘hands to bring or hold your hands
together She kept her hands folded
in her lap. $C&®Lto 13?™ .fold sth~‘in
1
.fold sth into sth (in cooking ^ ft) to add one substance to another and
gently mix them together fE• • • iJf A; #A: Fold in the beaten egg whites, i$A ff
m noun 1 [C] a part of sth, especially cloth, that
is folded or hangs as if it had been folded M; the folds of her dress 0 loose folds of
skin i£ flfc i# £ft II ^ 2 [C]
a mark or line made by folding sth, or showing where sth should be folded fg fll; £il; fS^i 3 [C] an area in a field surrounded by a
fence or wall where sheep are kept for safety # ffl 4 the fold [sing.] a group of people with whom you feel you
belong or who share the same ideas or beliefs AHfH |W] fill Ad; ~Ad: He called on former
Republican voters to return to the fold.
s ra [geology
itfe) a curve or bend in the line of the
layers of rock in the earth’s crust ( itk ) Il f 6 [C] (BrE) a
hollow place among hills or mountains ill i#i; ,
tlj ;
ih£
-fold
suffix (in adjectives and adverbs
#3J&®.Wilfftiyis])
multiplied by; having the number of parts mentioned
%VX\ ■••In; dl ••• to increase tenfold pfi]
Afo
fold-away /'fauldawei; NAmE 'fould-/ adj. = folding
fold-er /'faulda(r); NAmE 'fould-/ noun 1 a cardboard or plastic
cover for holding loose papers, etc. A# A;
— picture o stationery 2 (in some computer systems) a way of
organizing and storing computer files ( ® #
fold ing 0-w /'fauldirj; NAmE 'fou-/ (also less frequent fold-away) adj. [only before noun]
| 787 folk
singer
(of a piece of furniture, a bicycle, etc. g frA#)
that can be folded, so that it can be carried
or stored in a small space #f ^A£ft; RTi/rS£ft: a folding chair iff ft 0 afoldaway bed If® If
'fold-up
adj. [only before noun] (of an object #1#) that
can be made smaller by closing or folding so that it takes up less space oJiffS^J
fo li age /'fauliid3; NAmE 'fou-/ noun [u] the leaves of a tree or
plant; leaves and branches together ( )
H+; dense green foliage j^Bf
fo liar /'faulia(r); NAmE 'fou-/ adj. (technical Ain) relating to leaves frf-fft;
lfH£(Hj: foliar
colour
P+A&ilM'fe folic acid /,folik 'aesid; ,fau-; NAmE ,fou-/ noun [U] a vitamin
found in green vegetables, liver
and kidney, needed by the body
for the production of red blood
ceils nm (ha $Ait
ErtLJfc)
folio /'fauliau; NAmE 'fouliou/ noun (pi. -os) 1 a book made with large sheets of paper, especially as used in early
printing ( ) Zt/fA 2 (technical A
iff) a single sheet of paper from a book ( A
it (ft ) ~*5C folk /fauk; NAmEfouk/ noun, adj.
mnoun 1 (also folks especially in NAmE) [pi.] (informal)
people
in general A flH: ordinary working-class folk H MffiflAfk 0 I’d like a job working with old folk or kids.
o the folks back
home (= from the place where you come from) (ft f£r A A ^ 2 folks [pi.] (informal) a friendly way of
addressing more than one person #fit; AikJl: Well, folks, what are we going to
do today? u{!, Ecif ffl, Hjfli A A H T ft £. ? 3 folks [pi.] (informal,
especially NAmE) the members of your family, especially your parents A
M; (1ti£ )gM : How are your folks?
t®r ? 4
[pi.] people from a particular country or
region, or who have a particular way of life (
A® > A countryfolk
2TA 0 townsfolk MIA 0 farming folk 5 (also 'folk music)
[U] music in the traditional style of a country or community K|W]##<: a folk festival/concert K
|b] # A
» adj. [only before noun] 1 (of
art, culture, etc. A A. A 41 #) traditional and typical of the ordinary
people of a country or community ftgfc |hJ folk art ^
I'ajzlA o a folk museum K f§
folk wisdom K, [if] ^ M 0 Garlic is widely used in Chinese folk
medicine.
‘folk dance noun [C, U] a traditional dance of a particular area or country; a piece of
music for such a dance ±Mff; KlUHSS;
‘folk
etymology (also popular
ety mology) noun [U, C] a process by which
a word is changed, for example because of a mistaken belief that it is related
to another word, or to make a foreign word sound more familiar & fU is] M ; f£r is] M A: Folk etymology has created the
cheeseburger and the beanburger, but the first hamburgers were in fact named
after the city of Hamburg. R,|0]ii]'®^|]:i;T
cheeseburger fP beanburger, fM$U hamburger —W<,
’folk hero noun a
person that people in a particular place admire because of sth special he or
she has done
ki'mm
folk-lore /'faukloi(r); NAmE 'fouk-/ noun [U] the traditions and stories of a country or community K |b] ft ; S f&; K|h]fti^: Irish/Indian folklore / ^PltKf^ 0
The
story rapidly became part of family folklore.
mmmi&Ammmm-wfoo
folk-Sor-ist /'fauklo:rist;
NAmE 'fouk-/ noun a person who studies
folklore, especially as an academic subject
.folk 'memory noun [C, U] a memory of sth in the past that the people of a country or
community never forget KiBj&matz. ()
‘folk music noun [u] = folk n.(5)
'folk singer noun a person who sings folk songs