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单词 folk
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
folk /foʊk/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. Usually, folks. [plural* used with a plural verb] people in general:Some folks simply won't take "no'' for an answer.
  2. SociologyOften, folks. [plural* used with a plural verb] people of a specified class or group:Country folk are usually friendly.
  3. Sociology people as the carriers of culture:[plural* used with a plural verb]The folk are the bearers of oral tradition.
  4. Informal Terms folks, [plural]
    • members of one's family;
      one's relatives:My wife's folks had a big reunion.
    • one's parents:My folks won't let me go to the dance.

adj. [before a noun]
  1. Sociologyof or coming from the common people:folk dances; folk songs;folk art.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
folk  (fōk),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Usually, folks. (used with a pl. v.) people in general:Folks say there wasn't much rain last summer.
  2. SociologyOften, folks. (used with a pl. v.) people of a specified class or group:country folk; poor folks.
  3. Sociology(used with a pl. v.) people as the carriers of culture, esp. as representing the composite of social mores, customs, forms of behavior, etc., in a society:The folk are the bearers of oral tradition.
  4. Informal Terms folks:
    • members of one's family;
      one's relatives:All his folks come from France.
    • one's parents:Will your folks let you go?
  5. [Archaic.]a people or tribe.
  6. Informal Terms, Idioms just folks, (of persons) simple, unaffected, unsophisticated, or open-hearted people:He enjoyed visiting his grandparents because they were just folks.

adj. 
  1. Sociologyof or originating among the common people:folk beliefs; a folk hero.
  2. Sociologyhaving unknown origins and reflecting the traditional forms of a society:folk culture; folk art.
  • bef. 900; Middle English; Old English folc; cognate with Old Saxon, Old Norse folk, Old High German folk (German Volk)
    • 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged kinfolk, kin, relations, people; clan, tribe.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
folk /fəʊk/ n ( pl folk, folks)
  1. (functioning as plural; often plural in form) people in general, esp those of a particular group or class: country folk
  2. (functioning as plural; usually plural in form) informal members of a family
  3. (functioning as singular) informal
    short for folk music
  4. a people or tribe
  5. (modifier) relating to, originating from, or traditional to the common people of a country: a folk song
Etymology: Old English folc; related to Old Saxon, Old Norse, Old High German folk

ˈfolkish adj
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