| 单词 | fool |
| 释义 | fool (fuːl ) Word forms: fools , fooling , fooled 1. countable noun B1+ If you call someone a fool, you are indicating that you think they are not at all sensible and show a lack of good judgment. [disapproval] 'You fool!' she shouted. He'd been a fool to get involved with her! Synonyms: idiot, simpleton, mug [British, slang], berk [British, slang] 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Fool is used to describe an action or person that is not at all sensible and shows a lack of good judgment. [mainly US, informal, disapproval] What a damn fool thing to do! What can that fool guard be thinking of? 3. verb B2 If someone fools you, they deceive or trick you. Art dealers fool a lot of people. [VERB noun] Don't be fooled by his appearance. [be VERB-ed] They tried to fool you into coming after us. [VERB noun + into] Synonyms: deceive, cheat, mislead, delude 4. verb If you say that a person is fooling with something or someone, you mean that the way they are behaving is likely to cause problems. What are you doing fooling with such a staggering sum of money? [VERB + with] He kept telling her that here you did not fool with officials. [VERB with noun] 5. countable noun [usually the NOUN] In the courts of kings and queens in medieval Europe, the fool was the person whose job was to do silly things in order to make people laugh. 6. variable noun Fool is a dessert made by mixing soft cooked fruit with whipped cream or with custard. [British] ...gooseberry fool. 7. make a fool of someone phrase B2 If you make a fool of someone, you make them seem silly by telling people about something stupid that they have done, or by tricking them. Your brother is making a fool of you. He'd been made a fool of. 8. make a fool of yourself phrase B2 If you make a fool of yourself, you behave in a way that makes other people think that you are silly or lacking in good judgment. He was drinking and making a fool of himself. 9. more fool (you) phrase If you say to someone 'More fool you' when they tell you what they have done or what they plan to do, you are indicating that you think that it is silly and shows a lack of judgment. [British, disapproval] Most managers couldn't care less about information technology. More fool them. 10. to play the fool phrase If you play the fool or act the fool, you behave in a playful, childish, and foolish way, usually in order to make other people laugh. They used to play the fool together, calling each other silly names and giggling. 11. to suffer fools gladly phrase [VERB inflects, with brd-neg] If you do not suffer fools gladly, you are not patient with people who you think are stupid. She doesn't suffer fools gladly and, in her view, most people are fools. Phrasal verbs: fool about fool around fool around regional note: in BRIT, also use fool about 1. phrasal verb If you fool around, you behave in a silly, dangerous, or irresponsible way. They were fooling around on an Army firing range. [VERB PARTICLE] Have you been fooling around with something you shouldn't? [VERB PARTICLE + with] 2. phrasal verb If someone fools around with another person, especially when one of them is married, they have a casual sexual relationship. She's been fooling around with a married man. [VERB PARTICLE + with] Her husband was fooling around. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb If you fool around, you behave in a playful, childish, and silly way, often in order to make people laugh. Stop fooling about, man. [VERB PARTICLE] They fooled around for the camera. [VERB PARTICLE] Quotations: Fools rush in where angels fear to treadAn Essay on Criticism A fool and his words are soon partedWorks A fool uttereth all his mind Bible: Proverbs I am two fools, I know, For loving, and for saying so In whining poetrySongs and Sonnets Be wise with speed; A fool at forty is a fool indeedThe Love of Fame There's a sucker born every minute You may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all the time Natur never makes enny blunders. When she makes a phool she means itJosh Billings' Wit and Humour A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man seesThe Marriage of Heaven and Hell If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wiseThe Marriage of Heaven and Hell A knowledgeable fool is a greater fool than an ignorant foolLes Femmes Savantes A fool and his money are soon parted Fools build houses and wise men live in them A fool may give a wise man counsel Idioms: a fool and his money are soon parted said to mean that it is easy to persuade someone who is not sensible to spend their money on worthless things The sad truth is that a fool and his money are soon parted, and even more so, a fool who is in love. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers play someone for a fool to deceive someone and use them for your own advantage John, do not play me for a fool. You owe me better than that. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: complete fool I felt like a complete fool. The Other Side of Me Either he is extremely dishonest or a complete fool. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The 56-year-old former minister said: 'I have been a complete fool'. The Sun (2014) But the book teaches you how to fool your brain by making vegetables look like carbs, like cutting a courgette into spirals to resemble pasta. The Sun It’s enough to fool the brain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This effect mimics the angular differences produced by a three-dimensional object and fools the brain. Times, Sunday Times It fools the brain into delaying its 'second wind' which, before electric light was invented, kicked in during the afternoon to see people through to sunset. Times, Sunday Times However, he said the system was likely to cost more and there was 'no point trying to fool the public' into thinking otherwise. Times, Sunday Times But it takes someone a little more cunning than her to fool the public. The Sun He sold off our gold reserves, borrowed billions and allowed irresponsible bank lending in order to fool the public into thinking our economy was doing well. The Sun Both parties urgently need policies that are credible in the long term, not exercises in fooling the public. Times, Sunday Times We see not only pictures and posters of those who fooled the public in this way, but also the magicians who fast sprang up to counter them. Times, Sunday Times You are an incompetent fool, an offense against the world! Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Do they really want us to look like a nation of incompetent fools? The Sun Our political home has been squatted in by careless, incompetent fools, too arrogant even to see what harm they do. Times, Sunday Times While a capable and powerful ruler could engineer magnificent victories, the country was prey to incompetent fools who happened to become emperor. Times, Sunday Times That once artificial barriers are raised against free speech, unscrupulous, idle or incompetent fools will twist them to their own advantage. The Sun But pity the fool who collaborates with him and then sells out. Times, Sunday Times We pity the fools who'd have to share the jungle with that lot. The Sun We pity the fools who'd have to ask him to jump out of a plane. The Sun We pity the fools who get in their way... The Sun Translations: Chinese: 傻瓜, 愚弄 Japanese: ばか者, だます |
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