1. 折疊;折起;疊起 If you fold something such as a piece of paper or cloth, you bend it so that one part covers another part, often pressing the edge so that it stays in place.
e.g. He folded the paper carefully... 他把紙小心地折起來(lái)。 e.g. Fold the omelette in half... 把煎蛋對折。
2. 褶縫;褶痕;折疊線(xiàn) A fold in a piece of paper or cloth is a bend that you make in it when you put one part of it over another part and press the edge.
e.g. Make another fold and turn the ends together. 再折一下,把末端對齊。
3. (布料的)褶皺,褶痕 The folds in a piece of cloth are the curved shapes which are formed when it is not hanging or lying flat.
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e.g. The priest fumbled in the folds of his gown. 牧師胡亂整了整長(cháng)袍上的褶皺。
4. 折疊;折起 If a piece of furniture or equipment folds or if you can fold it, you can make it smaller by bending or closing parts of it.
e.g. The back of the bench folds forward to make a table... 長(cháng)凳的靠背可以向前翻折成一張桌子。 e.g. This portable seat folds flat for easy storage... 這張便攜椅可以折疊,便于收納。
5. 交叉,交疊(雙手或雙臂) If you fold your arms or hands, you bring them together and cross or link them, for example over your chest.
e.g. Meer folded his arms over his chest and turned his head away... 米爾雙臂交叉在胸前,把頭轉到一邊。 e.g. Mrs Ringrose sat down and folded her hands in her lap. 林羅斯夫人坐下來(lái),雙手疊放在腿上。
6. (企業(yè)或組織)停業(yè),關(guān)門(mén) If a business or organization folds, it is unsuccessful and has to close.
e.g. But as other shops fold, the march of the superstores continues... 但在其他商店紛紛關(guān)門(mén)倒閉之時(shí),大型超市的強勁擴張勢頭卻依舊不減。 e.g. 2,500 small businesses were folding each week. 每周有2,500家小企業(yè)關(guān)張。
7. 隊伍;同一群體的人 When someone joins an organization or group, you can say that they have come into thefold. When they leave the organization or group, you can say that they leave thefold .
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e.g. The EU wanted to bring the US back into the fold... 歐盟想要讓美國重新回到他們的陣營(yíng)之中。 e.g. He might find it difficult to return to the family fold when he realizes his mistake. 他可能會(huì )發(fā)現等他意識到自己的錯誤時(shí)再想重返家族已經(jīng)非常難了。
8. (烹飪時(shí)將調料)調入,加入 In cooking, if you fold in an ingredient or fold it into the other ingredients, you mix it very gently into the other ingredients.
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e.g. Fold in the flour... 拌入面粉。 e.g. Fold the cream into the egg yolk mixture. 把奶油調入蛋黃液中。
9. 把…折疊起來(lái) If you fold something up, you make it into a smaller, neater shape by folding it, usually several times.
e.g. She folded it up, and tucked it into her purse... 她將其折疊起來(lái),塞進(jìn)了錢(qián)包里。 e.g. He folded up his paper and put it away. 他把文件折了幾折,然后收了起來(lái)。
相關(guān)詞組:fold infold up
fold英英釋義
noun
1. the act of folding
e.g. he gave the napkins a double fold
Synonym: folding
2. a pen for sheep
Synonym: sheepfoldsheep pensheepcote
3. a folded part (as in skin or muscle)
Synonym: plica
4. a group of sheep or goats
Synonym: flock
5. a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
Synonym: congregationfaithful
6. a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
Synonym: folding
7. an angular or rounded shape made by folding
e.g. 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
Synonym: creaseplicationflexurecrimpbend
verb
1. incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating
e.g. Fold the egg whites into the batter
2. become folded or folded up
e.g. The bed folds in a jiffy
Synonym: fold up
3. bend or lay so that one part covers the other
e.g. fold up the newspaper turn up your collar
Synonym: fold upturn up
4. confine in a fold, like sheep
Synonym: pen up
5. cease to operate or cause to cease operating
e.g. The owners decided to move and to close the factory My business closes every night at 8 P.M. close up the shop