
vt.包;折疊;交叉;擁抱
vi.翻倍;屈服;倒閉
n.折層;折痕
Dark clouds folded the hills. 烏云籠罩著群山。
I folded the handkerchief and put it in my pocket. 我折好手絹,放進(jìn)口袋里。
The border guard folded his arms across his chest and glared the front. 邊防戰(zhàn)士雙手交叉于胸前緊緊瞪著前方。
用作不及物動(dòng)詞 (vi.)if a business folds, it closes because it is not able to make enough money. 如果有公司倒閉關(guān)門,那是因?yàn)樗鼪](méi)辦法賺取足夠的錢。
fold的基本意思是“折疊”,可指對(duì)折,也可指交疊,引申可表示“包圍,包起,籠罩”。
fold用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),接名詞或代詞作賓語(yǔ),可用于被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu); 也可接副詞away, up或介詞in, around, into 等短語(yǔ)作賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ), fold也可用作不及物動(dòng)詞,這時(shí)主動(dòng)形式常含有被動(dòng)意義。
fold偶爾可用作系動(dòng)詞接形容詞作表語(yǔ)。
fold的過(guò)去分詞folded常用作形容詞,在句中作定語(yǔ)。
fold還可用作名詞表示“羊欄,畜欄”“褶”。例如:It is not too late to mend the fold even after some of the sheep have been lost.亡羊補(bǔ)牢,猶未為晚。The sheep are safe in the sheepfold.羊在羊欄里很安全。The eyelid is a movable fold of skin that smoothes out when covered over the eye.眼瞼是可動(dòng)的皮褶,當(dāng)它垂下蓋住眼睛時(shí),褶就平了。Each fold in the skirt should be exactly the same width.裙子上的每條褶應(yīng)該都一樣寬。
v.展開(kāi);開(kāi)放;顯露
v.再折疊