单词 | fool |
释义 | Word Frequency fool 1(fuːl) noun 1. a person who lacks sense or judgment 2. a person who is made to appear ridiculous 3. (formerly) a professional jester living in a royal or noble household 4. obsolete a person with a learning disability 5. form the fool 6. no fool 7. play the fool verb 8. (transitive) to deceive (someone), esp in order to make him or her look ridiculous 9. (intr; sometimes foll by with, around with, or about with) informal to act or play (with) irresponsibly or aimlessly fooling around in the classroom 10. (intransitive) to speak or act in a playful, teasing, or jesting manner 11. (transitive; foll by away) to squander; fritter he fooled away a fortune 12. fool along adjective 13. informal short for foolish Word origin C13: from Old French fol mad person, from Late Latin follis empty-headed fellow, from Latin: bellows; related to Latin flāre to blowWord Frequency fool 2(fuːl) noun mainly British a dessert made from a purée of fruit with cream or custard gooseberry fool Word origin C16: perhaps from fool1 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含233703条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。