| 单词 | folk |
| 释义 | folk (foʊk ) Word forms: folks language note: folk can also be used as the plural form for meaning [sense 1]. 1. plural noun B1+ You can refer to people as folk or folks. Country folk can tell you that there are certain places which animals avoid. These are the folks from the local TV station. ...old folks. 2. plural noun [usually poss NOUN] You can refer to your close family, especially your mother and father, as your folks. [informal] I've been avoiding my folks lately. Synonyms: family, race, parents, relations 3. plural noun You can use folks as a term of address when you are talking to several people. [informal] 'It's a question of money, folks,' I announced. This is it, folks: the best record guide in the business. 4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B1+ Folk art and customs are traditional or typical of a particular community or nation. ...South American folk art. ...traditional Chinese folk medicine. 5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B1+ Folk music is music which is traditional or typical of a particular community or nation. ...Irish folk music. Folk is also a noun. ...a variety of music including classical, jazz, and folk. 6. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Folk can be used to describe something that relates to the beliefs and opinions of ordinary people. Jack was a folk hero in the Greenwich Village bars. Folk psychology comes closer to the obvious truth than the most sophisticated theories. Quotations: There's nowt so queer as folk Collocations: city folk For us city folk, who spend the summer sweltering between traffic and concrete, a trip to the park is welcome relief. Times, Sunday Times (2009) He was doing the trail 'to get away from city folk and clear my head', he said. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Perhaps this is only a temporary action of country air on city folk. The Times Literary Supplement (2010) We'd like people to think we're decent folk. Christianity Today (2000) They emerge as decent folk doing a sensible, dutiful job of bringing up a child. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Until we have tougher sentences for criminals it will not be safe for decent folk. The Sun (2008) And it misses the point of the folk legend. Times, Sunday Times Folk legend bemoans the resulting 'theft' of common lands, but enclosures were how an emerging industrial nation fed its urban workforce. Times, Sunday Times A folk legend offers a more fanciful, but unfounded, explanation of the name of the settlement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are also some doubts about these events, which according to some scholars have the characteristics of a folk legend. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 According to folk legend, he was born with a huge flock of cranes spiralling above his home and special fragrance full of his room. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To write strong melodies remember that folk melody has to be passed on orally (aurally). Christianity Today Their collaboration takes the folk melody, creates a variation on it, and sets them to ska rhythms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Again he composed folk melody with our composition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It starts as a slow acoustic-based folk melody accompanied by recorders before introducing electric instrumentation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The function of each folk melody determines its mood. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One of their great-grandparents was a folk musician of some eminence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was apprenticed as a tailor until becoming a folk musician. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After being accepted by the village, he celebrated in 2009 by hosting a housewarming party that featured many of his folk musician friends. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He started his career in 1984 as a folk musician. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Folk musicians of the 18th century spoke of the 'piper's maggot' which gnawed away inside the musician's head like a maggot in an apple. Times, Sunday Times Ginger - a popular folk remedy - may help. Times, Sunday Times Though it lacks any resuscitatory value, the technique had clearly lingered on as a folk remedy. The Times Literary Supplement It has long been a folk remedy for an irritating cough, but now a spoonful of honey has been included in official guidelines for treating the condition. Times, Sunday Times When rubbed, the velvet insides of the pods are a folk remedy against warts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Much like castor oil, it was a commonly used folk remedy for many ailments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By then the folk revival had run its course, turned electric and mutated into folk-rock. Times, Sunday Times Folk music and the folk revival play a huge and central role in all three books reviewed here. The Times Literary Supplement By the time he completed his service, the folk revival had ended. Times, Sunday Times The song's title refers to the folk singalongs which became popular on college campuses during the folk revival of the 1960s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By the 1940s this particular tendency among composers had begun to subside and other fusions would be more significant in the second folk revival. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Was he unhappy with the new democratic nation that his art had forged from folk tradition and forest? The Times Literary Supplement It doesn't have to be a folk tradition lost in time. Times, Sunday Times He published a number of books on the subject and became one of the country's leading authorities on folk tradition. Times, Sunday Times Rather than a true folk tradition, they were perhaps more an example of entrepreneurial opportunism. Times, Sunday Times Historians are unsure whether mak yong evolved as a folk tradition or a palace theatre. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And although he denied using folk tunes, there are 27 of them in the piece. Times, Sunday Times True, the dances and folk tunes he published at frequent intervals were hugely popular at the time, and remain so today. The Times Literary Supplement Desperate to find acceptable melodies, composers incorporated folk tunes into their music. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His folk tunes are some of the most important contributions to the national heritage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By the early 20th century, performances of folk tunes, hymns, and other well-known pieces were a regular part of guided tours. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We found out more about the lives of these friendly folk while having lunch in the cave restaurant nearby. The Sun You think that they're sweet, loveable friendly folk who pat you on the head, struggle with e-mail and hand out presents that generally aren't index-linked. Times, Sunday Times Beautiful scenery, friendly folk, smaller neighbour of an arrogant country, sheep. The Sun This booklet featured numerous humorous illustrations describing the gremlins as whimsical but essentially friendly folk. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Hard-working folk realise something has gone wrong when you have families living on handouts amounting to more than the average wage. The Sun These self-made, hard-working folk are the type that made this country great. The Sun The courts are full of hard-working folk who have fallen foul of council spies. The Sun These weren't pennypinchers but hard-working folk who had been dealt some tough cards and simply couldn't afford all the bells and whistles. The Sun What about us hard-working folk? The Sun So you could tell they were just simple, honest folk. Times, Sunday Times He bailed out the banks with our cash so what about the honest folk who bought these vouchers? The Sun I want to cook for decent, kind and honest folk. Times, Sunday Times That's because honest folk are easy targets. The Sun But simple honest folks triumph. Times, Sunday Times They will then be allotted a room in a household with up to seven like-minded folk. Times, Sunday Times A very cool site for people who love computer games and fancy talking with like-minded folk. The Sun And swapping spittle with like-minded folk, as well as vaccination myths, probably? Times,Sunday Times And they agree with his idea of making them live with like-minded folk - preferably in caravans under a noisy motorway flyover - until they mend their ways. The Sun That might be true for car customisers, but usually artistic scenes coalesce around groups of like-minded folks not usually found in dormitory towns. Times, Sunday Times It lists thousands of ordinary folks worldwide to pal up with, and you can check out their local knowledge by phoning or messaging beforehand. Times, Sunday Times (2010) At the coat check, costumes in glass boxes will be showcased next to the wraps of ordinary folk. Globe and Mail (2003) That's right, a pillow fight, at which ' artists and ordinary folk paint pillows and clobber their friends, all for art's sake'. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It's a time capsule uniting us all — celebrities, royals, regular folk alike — in the sourdough-shaped signifiers of our new lifestyle. Times,Sunday Times Aw, not these guys out get along just regular folk, like down in the village. Christianity Today I’m talking about just regular folk out there. Globe and Mail High fashion excluded the masses and enabled its wearers to lord it over the regular folk. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps because his cross-country tour — commemorated by photos of him in smalltown cafes rubbing shoulders with the regular folk — looks and feels so much like a campaign. Times, Sunday Times It is embroiled in claims that it helped rich folk avoid UK tax. The Sun (2015) The biggest challenge for all these clubs is getting enough rich folk to join, fast. Times, Sunday Times (2008) To them, it is objectionable that poorer people don't have what richer folk have. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Rural folk have other things to worry them. Times, Sunday Times This appears to contradict the dogma that people who live in cities and suburbs are lonely and alienated and that rural folk are connected and community oriented. Christianity Today But she's also aware rural folk have strong opinions. The Sun Urbanites tend to tip 5 per cent more than do rural folk. Globe and Mail On the way he will meet a series of rural folk. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 人, 民俗的 Japanese: 人々, 民俗の |
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