英语词汇“fool's paradises”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

fool's paradises

释义

fool¹ /fool/

noun

A person lacking in wisdom, judgement or sense
A weak-minded person (obsolete)
A jester (historical)
A dupe or victim
A vague term of endearment (obsolete)
A person with a weakness (with for)

transitive verb

To deceive
To cause to appear foolish
To obtain by fooling

intransitive verb

To play the fool
To trifle

adjective (Scot and US)

Foolish

ORIGIN: OFr fol (Fr fou), from L follis a windbag

foolˈery noun

An act of folly
Habitual folly
Fooling

foolˈing noun

Playing the fool
Acting the jester (historical)
A characteristic streak of jesting (historical)
Trifling

foolˈish adjective

Lacking intellect
Lacking discretion
Unwise, ill considered
Ridiculous, idiotic, silly
Marked by folly
Paltry (archaic)

foolˈishly adverb

foolˈishness noun

foolˈbegged adjective (Shakespeare)

Perh, foolish enough to be begged for a fool (qv under beg¹)
In allusion to the custom of seeking the administration of a lunatic's estate for one's own advantage)

foolˈ-born adjective (Shakespeare)

Born of a fool or of folly

foolˈ-happy adjective

Happy or lucky without contrivance or judgement

foolhardˈiness or (Spenser) foolhardize or foolhardise /-īzˈ or -härdˈ/ noun

foolˈhardy adjective

Foolishly bold
Rash or incautious

foolˈish-wittˈy adjective (Shakespeare)

Wise in folly and foolish in wisdom

foolˈproof adjective

Infallible
Guaranteed not to cause damage or injury if misused

fool's cap noun

A jester's headdress, usu having a coxcomb hood with bells

fool's errand noun

A silly or fruitless enterprise
A search for what cannot be found

fool's gold noun

Iron pyrites

fool's mate noun

In chess, the simplest of the checkmates (in two moves by each player)

fool's paradise noun

A state of happiness based on fictitious hopes or expectations

fool's parsley noun

A poisonous umbelliferous plant (Aethusa cynapium) that a great enough fool might take for parsley

All Fools' Day see under all

fool about or around

To waste time
To mess about
To trifle with someone's affections, or to be unfaithful to them with a reckless attitude
To have sex, or indulge in sexual frolicking

fool away

To squander to no purpose or profit

fool with

To meddle with officiously, irresponsibly or thoughtlessly

make a fool of

To cause (someone) to look ridiculous or stupid
To humiliate or dupe
To disappoint

nobody's fool

A sensible, shrewd person

play or act the fool

To behave like a fool
To be reckless or foolish
To be exuberantly comical or high-spirited

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fool1 /fool/

fool¹ /fool/