英语词汇“to act the fool”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to play the fool: (originally) to behave in a manner typical of a fool (see sense A. 2a) or jester; to act or speak in a mocking way; to jest; (more generally) to act or behave foolishly; (now usually) to behave in a playful or silly way; to fool around. In later use also to act the fool.In the 16th and 17th centuries when the subject is plural, typically with fool also in the plural.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (intransitive)] > types of part

to play the foolc1426

to walk on1863

supe1888

super1895

miscast1927

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > be or become foolish [verb (intransitive)] > act foolishly

dotec1225

foleyec1374

fop1528

fond1530

daff1535

pract1568

dolt1573

daw1596

fool1597

guck1603

baboonize1611

prat1685

to play the fool1722

niff-naff1728

fopple1756

doitera1790

daffle1796

tomfool1825

to play (also act) the (giddy) goat1841

lallygag1862

silly1877

monkey1878

footle1891

to ass around1899

to play silly buggers (also beggars, bleeders, etc.)1903

to arse around1919

to jackass around1927

nimble-pimble1927

to fuck about1929

to fool up1933

to crap around1936

pantomime1958

prat1961

dork1990

c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 27 (MED) Þai play not þe fole; Contenualy þai gon to scole.

c1475 Mankind (1969) l. 275 I haue..pleyde so longe þe foll þat I am ewyn wery.

1537 W. Turner tr. Urbanus Regius Compar. Olde Learnynge & Newe sig. cvi They tryfle bothe vnlearnedly and vngodly, yet they be not afrayed to dryue to the fyre as many as wyll not play the fooles with them.

a1600 (a1578) W. Roper Lyfe Sir T. Moore (Harl. 6254) (1935) 82 I mervaile that you, that have bine alwaies hitherto taken for so wise a man, will nowe so play the foole.

1660 S. Pepys Diary 26 Feb. (1970) I. 69 I stayed up a little while, playing the fool with the lass of the house.

1676 J. Mason Mentis Humanæ Metamorphosis 16 For Manly Reason in his Sober School Permits no Scholar there to act the Fool.

1722 D. Defoe Relig. Courtship i. i. 28 I advise you not to play the Fool with me any longer.

1740 Ld. Chesterfield Lett. (1932) (modernized text) II. 431 Dressing him out like a jackanapes, and giving him money to play the fool with.

1838 Token & Atlantic Souvenir 100 I feel cross as a bear after playing the fool all day.

1847 G. P. R. James John Marston Hall viii The parliament was playing the fool in Paris.

1933 ‘E. Cambridge’ Hostages to Fortune (2003) 283 When they were far out in the fields, they would take off their hats and link arms, and sing, and chase each other down the steep pastures, and generally play the fool.

1991 E. Currie Dope & Trouble iii. ii. 197 I mean he drinks and everything, badly. And he acts the fool when he's drunk.

2013 M. Booth Sacred Hist. (2017) xxix. 244 Francis was a lighthearted boy, full of happiness, always playing the fool.

单词	to act the fool
释义	> as lemmas to act the fool a. to play the fool: (originally) to behave in a manner typical of a fool (see sense A. 2a) or jester; to act or speak in a mocking way; to jest; (more generally) to act or behave foolishly; (now usually) to behave in a playful or silly way; to fool around. In later use also to act the fool.In the 16th and 17th centuries when the subject is plural, typically with fool also in the plural. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (intransitive)] > types of part to play the foolc1426 to walk on1863 supe1888 super1895 miscast1927 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > be or become foolish [verb (intransitive)] > act foolishly dotec1225 foleyec1374 fop1528 fond1530 daff1535 pract1568 dolt1573 daw1596 fool1597 guck1603 baboonize1611 prat1685 to play the fool1722 niff-naff1728 fopple1756 doitera1790 daffle1796 tomfool1825 to play (also act) the (giddy) goat1841 lallygag1862 silly1877 monkey1878 footle1891 to ass around1899 to play silly buggers (also beggars, bleeders, etc.)1903 to arse around1919 to jackass around1927 nimble-pimble1927 to fuck about1929 to fool up1933 to crap around1936 pantomime1958 prat1961 dork1990 c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 27 (MED) Þai play not þe fole; Contenualy þai gon to scole. c1475 Mankind (1969) l. 275 I haue..pleyde so longe þe foll þat I am ewyn wery. 1537 W. Turner tr. Urbanus Regius Compar. Olde Learnynge & Newe sig. cvi They tryfle bothe vnlearnedly and vngodly, yet they be not afrayed to dryue to the fyre as many as wyll not play the fooles with them. a1600 (a1578) W. Roper Lyfe Sir T. Moore (Harl. 6254) (1935) 82 I mervaile that you, that have bine alwaies hitherto taken for so wise a man, will nowe so play the foole. 1660 S. Pepys Diary 26 Feb. (1970) I. 69 I stayed up a little while, playing the fool with the lass of the house. 1676 J. Mason Mentis Humanæ Metamorphosis 16 For Manly Reason in his Sober School Permits no Scholar there to act the Fool. 1722 D. Defoe Relig. Courtship i. i. 28 I advise you not to play the Fool with me any longer. 1740 Ld. Chesterfield Lett. (1932) (modernized text) II. 431 Dressing him out like a jackanapes, and giving him money to play the fool with. 1838 Token & Atlantic Souvenir 100 I feel cross as a bear after playing the fool all day. 1847 G. P. R. James John Marston Hall viii The parliament was playing the fool in Paris. 1933 ‘E. Cambridge’ Hostages to Fortune (2003) 283 When they were far out in the fields, they would take off their hats and link arms, and sing, and chase each other down the steep pastures, and generally play the fool. 1991 E. Currie Dope & Trouble iii. ii. 197 I mean he drinks and everything, badly. And he acts the fool when he's drunk. 2013 M. Booth Sacred Hist. (2017) xxix. 244 Francis was a lighthearted boy, full of happiness, always playing the fool. extracted from fooln.¹adj. < as lemmas
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