| 单词 | fool |
| 释义 | fool (once / 52 pages) 1nv 2v In the Middle Ages, a fool was a clown or jester. Today fools are simply idiots who clown around. The original fools were clowns hired by the king for entertainment. They were actually witty and smart, but today's fools are not. When you call someone a fool, you either mean he's gullible or just a run-of-the-mill idiot. To fool also means to play a trick or hoax on someone, and fooling around is carelessly spending time on something silly. If someone doesn't believe something you said, you might defend yourself by saying, "I'm not fooling!" WORD FAMILYfool: fooled, foolery, fooling, foolish, fools+/foolery: fooleries/foolish: foolisher, foolishest, foolishly, foolishness/foolishness: foolishnesses USAGE EXAMPLESThe media spent the better part of a decade swearing they wouldn’t be fooled again by intelligence assessments the way they were before 2003. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) It also prompted suspicions that David might be playing Goliath for a fool. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) In 2013, Company of Fools merged with the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, creating the largest arts organization in Idaho. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n a person who lacks good judgment Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool Pantaloon a buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes ass a pompous fool buffoon, clowna rude or vulgar fool flibbertigibbet, foolish womana female fool fuckera stupid despised man bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, goose, jackass, twat, zanya man who is a stupid incompetent fool meshuggeneh, meshuggener(Yiddish) a crazy fool morosopha learned fool putz(Yiddish) a fool; an idiot wallya silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid simple, simpleton a person lacking intelligence or common sense 2n a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of Syn|Hyper chump, fall guy, gull, mark, mug, patsy, soft touch, sucker dupe, victim a person who is tricked or swindled 3n a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages Syn|Hyper jester, motley fool buffoon, clown, goof, goofball, merry andrew a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior 4v make a fool or dupe of Syn|Hyper befool, gull cozen, deceive, delude, lead on be false to; be dishonest with 5v fool or hoax You can't fool me! Syn|Hypo|Hyper befool, cod, dupe, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in kid, pull the leg of tell false information to for fun betray, deceive, lead astray cause someone to believe an untruth 6v spend frivolously and unwisely 2Syn|Hyper dissipate, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot consume, squander, ware, waste spend extravagantly v indulge in horseplay The bored children were fooling about Syn|Hyper fool around, horse around jest, joke tell a joke; speak humorously playbe at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children |
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