Fold
[fəʊld] or [fold]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of folding; 'he gave the napkins a double fold'.
(noun.) a pen for sheep.
(noun.) a folded part (as in skin or muscle).
(noun.) a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock.
(noun.) an angular or rounded shape made by folding; 'a fold in the napkin'; 'a crease in his trousers'; 'a plication on her blouse'; 'a flexure of the colon'; 'a bend of his elbow'.
(verb.) incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; 'Fold the egg whites into the batter'.
(verb.) bend or lay so that one part covers the other; 'fold up the newspaper'; 'turn up your collar'.
(verb.) become folded or folded up; 'The bed folds in a jiffy'.
丹尼斯編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.
(v. t.) To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.
(v. t.) To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace.
(v. t.) To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
(v. i.) To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold.
(v.) A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.
(v.) Times or repetitions; -- used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four.
(v.) That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.
(n.) An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.
(n.) A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold.
(n.) A boundary; a limit.
(v. t.) To confine in a fold, as sheep.
(v. i.) To confine sheep in a fold.
亚历山大校對
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Pen (for sheep), enclosure.[2]. Flock of sheep.[3]. Plait, double, doubling, folding, PLICATURE, gather.
v. a. [1]. Double, lay in folds.[2]. Wrap, inwrap, envelop, infold.
奥德丽整理
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Double, enfold, embrace, envelop, inclose, wrap
ANT:Unfold, disengage, expose
以利沙整理
解釋/意思:
n. an enclosure for protecting domestic animals esp. sheep: a flock of sheep: (fig.) a church: the Christian Church.—v.t. to confine in a fold.—n. Fold′ing.
n. the doubling of any flexible substance: a part laid over on another: (pl.) complex arrangements intricacy.—v.t. to lay one part over another: to enclose in a fold or folds to wrap up: to embrace.—Fold in composition with numerals=times as in Ten′fold.—n. Fold′er the person or thing that folds: a flat knife-like instrument used in folding paper.—adj. Fold′ing that folds or that can be folded as folding-bed -chair -joint -net -table &c.—ns. Fold′ing a fold or plait; Fold′ing-door a door consisting of two parts hung on opposite jambs so that their edges come into contact when the door is closed; Fold′ing-machine′ a mechanism that automatically folds printed sheets.
乔琳整理
例句/造句/用法:
- Each of those machines, with a boy as an attendant, will fold 2,700 envelopes in an hour, which is nearly the same number that an experienced workman can fold in a day with a folding stick. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- The object of this move was three-fold. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Fold it up; put it carefully in your bag; then step into the kitchen and desire Sarah to bring in the go?ter, or tea, as you call it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- May I fold it over this shoulder without injuring your dress? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The blood rose to his temples and he caught a fold of her cloak. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Minnie stayed behind to fold up what they had made, and pack it in two baskets. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- It has three legs that fold. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- As she sat with the paper folded between her hands, the charred log fell asunder. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- He folded his hands over his knee. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- He had come back to his seat, and was now leaning forward with folded arms, looking at the benevolent face of his friend. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- There's your pay, Mister Rokesmith,' said the Golden Dustman, jerking the folded scrap of paper he had in his hand, towards his late Secretary. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The char-woman, after the manner of her kind, stood with her arms folded in her shawl. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- She carefully opened her reticule a little way and showed me a folded piece of paper inside as the appointment of which she spoke. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- My dear, said she as she carefully folded up her scarf and gloves, my brave physician ought to have a title bestowed upon him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Bean for a sewing machine in which the needle was stationary, and the cloth was gathered in crimps or folds and forced over the stationary needle. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- But her grey hair was not more immovable in its two folds, than were her firm lips. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- The Professor put up his handkerchief, and fiendishly smiled into its folds. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Markest thou the smouldering and suffocating vapour which already eddies in sable folds through the chamber? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- He pulled the blanket coat over his head, the roundness of his head protruding now from the dirty yellow folds of the blanket. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- I trust not, said Justinian, who stood sternly under the drooping folds of the Union Jack, but I doubt it while Caliphronas is alive. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Her tears had risen again, and in drawing out her handkerchief her fingers touched the packet in the folds of her dress. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- You shall be sure of me, darling, he said, folding her in his arms. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Each of those machines, with a boy as an attendant, will fold 2,700 envelopes in an hour, which is nearly the same number that an experienced workman can fold in a day with a folding stick. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- With a difference, my dear Sir; with a difference,' rejoined Perker, deliberately folding up the paper and putting it into his pocket again. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- So long as you goes now, said he, folding his arms and shutting his eyes with an oath, you may do wot you like! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Very well,' said this gentleman, briskly smiling, and folding his arms. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- There was a folding-window to the carriage-head, but I never closed it, for it seemed like shutting out hope. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Riah drew some folding tablets from his breast and noted it down. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
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