| 单词 | fold |
| 释义 | Word Frequency fold 1(fəʊld) verb 1. to bend or be bent double so that one part covers another to fold a sheet of paper 2. (transitive) to bring together and intertwine (the arms, legs, etc) she folded her hands 3. (transitive) (of birds, insects, etc) to close (the wings) together from an extended position 4. (tr; often foll by up or in) to enclose in or as if in a surrounding material 5. (transitive; foll by in) to clasp (a person) in the arms 6. (transitive; usually foll by round, about, etc) to wind (around); entwine 7. (transitive) poetic to cover completely night folded the earth 8. Also: fold in (transitive) to mix (a whisked mixture) with other ingredients by gently turning one part over the other with a spoon 9. to produce a bend (in stratified rock) or (of stratified rock) to display a bend 10. (intransitive; often foll by up) informal to collapse; fail the business folded noun 11. a piece or section that has been folded a fold of cloth 12. a mark, crease, or hollow made by folding 13. a hollow in undulating terrain 14. a bend in stratified rocks that results from movements within the earth's crust and produces such structures as anticlines and synclines 15. anatomy another word for plica (sense 1) 16. a coil, as in a rope, etc 17. an act of folding Derived forms foldable (ˈfoldable) adjective Word origin Old English fealdan; related to Old Norse falda, Old High German faldan, Latin duplus double, Greek haploos simpleWord Frequency fold 2(fəʊld) noun 1. a. a small enclosure or pen for sheep or other livestock, where they can be gathered b. the sheep or other livestock gathered in such an enclosure c. a flock of sheep d. a herd of Highland cattle 2. a church or the members of it 3. any group or community sharing a way of life or holding the same values verb 4. (transitive) to gather or confine (sheep or other livestock) in a fold Word origin Old English falod; related to Old Saxon faled, Middle Dutch vaeltWord Frequency -foldsuffix forming adjectives, suffix forming adverbs having so many parts, being so many times as much or as many, or multiplied by so much or so many threefold three-hundredfold Word origin Old English -fald, -feald |
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