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

fool1

/fuːl

noun

1A person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person: I felt a bit of a fool...

Dealing with drunken fools who don't know when to quit is the downside to any bar job.
More than a necessary evil, it has become a mandatory fool's errand.
We're all on a fool's errand, credit card in hand.

Synonyms

idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod

informal dope, ninny, chump, dimwit, goon, dumbo, dummy, dum-dum, dumb-bell, loon, jackass, bonehead, fathead, numbskull, dunderhead, chucklehead, knucklehead, muttonhead, pudding-head, thickhead, wooden-head, airhead, pinhead, lamebrain, pea-brain, birdbrain, zombie, jerk, nerd, dipstick, donkey, noodle

British informal nit, nitwit, numpty, twit, clot, goat, plonker, berk, prat, pillock, wally, git, wazzock, divvy, nerk, dork, twerp, charlie, mug, muppet

Scottish informal nyaff, balloon, sumph, gowk

Irish informal gobdaw

North American informal schmuck, bozo, boob, lamer, turkey, schlepper, chowderhead, dumbhead, goofball, goof, goofus, galoot, lummox, klutz, putz, schlemiel, sap, meatball, gink, cluck, clunk, ding-dong, dingbat, wiener, weeny, dip, simp, spud, coot, palooka, poop, squarehead, yo-yo, dingleberry

Australian/New Zealand informal drongo, dill, alec, galah, nong, bogan, poon, boofhead

US informal wing nut

South African informal mompara

British vulgar slang knobhead

North American vulgar slang asshat

archaic tomfool, noddy, clodpole, loggerhead, spoony, mooncalf

1.1 archaic A person who is duped or imposed on: he is the fool of circumstances...

I think Australians would resent this government if they saw they were being duped and treated like fools by them.
But no; I was deceiving myself, living in a fool's paradise.
However transitory the contentment is, one loves to live in a fool's paradise.

Synonyms

laughing stock, dupe, butt, gull, pushover, easy mark, tool, cat's paw

informal stooge, sucker, mug, fall guy

North American informal sap

2 historical A jester or clown, especially one retained in a royal or noble household.In Twelfth Night, Feste plays the role of a humble clown employed by Olivia's father playing the licensed fool of their household....

He, too, is an extension of More, both of his comic side in general and of his love of fools and clowns in particular, as reported by Erasmus.
Samis are often stereotyped as the comical helpers of Santa Claus or, even more negatively, as drunken fools or jesters.

Synonyms

jester, court jester, clown, buffoon, comic, joker, jokester, zany, merry andrew;

wearer of the motley, harlequin, Pierrot, Punchinello, Pantaloon

verb

1 [with object] Trick or deceive (someone); dupe: don’t be fooled into paying out any more of your hard-earned cash she tried to fool herself that she had stopped loving him...

Do you mean to suggest that Chinese people are fooled or fool themselves into living in a false world?
She was fooled into using her fame to help promote a slimming drink, which turned out to be tea.
The design is practically flawless, the use of textures and atmosphere so real that you are fooled into a sense of realism.

Synonyms

deceive, trick, play a trick on, hoax, dupe, take in, mislead, delude, hoodwink, bluff, beguile, gull, make a fool of, outwit;

swindle, defraud, cheat, double-cross

informal con, bamboozle, pull a fast one on, pull someone's leg, take for a ride, pull the wool over someone's eyes, throw dust in someone's eyes, put one over on, have on, diddle, fiddle, swizzle, rip off, do, sting, gyp, shaft

British informal sell a pup to

North American informal sucker, snooker, stiff, euchre, bunco, hornswoggle

Australian informal pull a swifty on

rare cozen, sharp, mulct

2 [no object] Act in a joking, frivolous, or teasing way: some lads in the pool were fooling around...

These may only be laughing and fooling about, but given all the publicity about drugs etc, people are afraid to walk past or talk to them.
Our engineers were fooling about in the studio singing vulgar songs and making rude remarks in front of the microphone.
Destined for academic greatness, Masters says he still had time to fool about at grammar school in Richmond, North Yorkshire.

Synonyms

fiddle, play (about/around), toy, trifle, meddle, tamper, interfere, monkey about/around

informal mess about/around

British informal muck about/around

2.1 [no object] (fool around) chiefly North American Engage in casual or extramarital sexual activity.I think he's fooling around with somebody and wants to have the both of us around to play these silly mind games with....

However, he neglected to tell me that he had a girlfriend for the entire three years we'd been fooling around.
But for most of history, they just did the fooling around without calling it anything.

Synonyms

philander, womanize, flirt, have an affair, commit adultery

informal play around, mess about/around, carry on, play the field, play away, sleep around, swing

vulgar slang screw around

rare coquet

adjective [attributive] informal

Foolish; silly: that damn fool waiter...

Soppy fool dedications over and done with, I leave you with the following thought, supplied by the ever-reliable source of quotes that is Hamish McT.
Lord knows nothing else in the fool thing works.
Sorry about the fool thing, I just got carried away.

Phrases

be no (or nobody's) fool

a fool and his money are soon parted

fools rush in where angels fear to tread

make a fool of

more fool ——

play (or act) the fool

there's no fool like an old fool

you could have fooled me!

Origin

Middle English: from Old French fol 'fool, foolish', from Latin follis 'bellows, windbag', by extension 'empty-headed person'.

The root of fool is Latin follis, which originally meant ‘bellows, windbag’, and came to mean ‘an empty-headed person’, in the same way that windbag (LME, but E19th in this sense) does in English. The use of fool to mean a jester or clown also goes back to the Middle Ages. People in the 16th century seem to have been particularly aware of the ways in which someone may come to grief through lack of wisdom, especially in their dealings with others. A fool and his money are soon parted, a fool at forty is a fool indeed, and there's no fool like an old fool all come from this period. Two centuries later foolish behaviour was still a matter for concern—in 1711 the poet Alexander Pope published the line which has become proverbial, ‘Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.’ Eager prospectors have been mistaking worthless minerals such as iron pyrites, or fool's gold, for gold since the late 19th century. The term foolscap for a paper size dates from the late 17th century, and is said to be named after a former watermark representing a fool's cap. Sadly, a traditional story that after the Civil War Parliament gave orders that a fool's cap should replace the royal arms in the watermark of the paper used for the Journals of the House of Commons apparently has no basis in fact.

Rhymes

fool2

/fuːl

noun [mass noun, usually with modifier] chiefly British

A cold dessert made of pureed fruit mixed or served with cream or custard: raspberry fool with cream...

Fruit fools, jellies, and ice creams were popular desserts.
For dessert, we ordered the rhubarb and strawberry fool, with stem ginger ice cream.
Use it trickled over ice-cream sundaes, on pancakes, or with the banana fool above.

Origin

Late 16th century: perhaps from fool¹.

单词	fool
释义	fool1 /fuːl / noun 1A person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person: I felt a bit of a fool... Dealing with drunken fools who don't know when to quit is the downside to any bar job. More than a necessary evil, it has become a mandatory fool's errand. We're all on a fool's errand, credit card in hand. Synonyms idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod informal dope, ninny, chump, dimwit, goon, dumbo, dummy, dum-dum, dumb-bell, loon, jackass, bonehead, fathead, numbskull, dunderhead, chucklehead, knucklehead, muttonhead, pudding-head, thickhead, wooden-head, airhead, pinhead, lamebrain, pea-brain, birdbrain, zombie, jerk, nerd, dipstick, donkey, noodle British informal nit, nitwit, numpty, twit, clot, goat, plonker, berk, prat, pillock, wally, git, wazzock, divvy, nerk, dork, twerp, charlie, mug, muppet Scottish informal nyaff, balloon, sumph, gowk Irish informal gobdaw North American informal schmuck, bozo, boob, lamer, turkey, schlepper, chowderhead, dumbhead, goofball, goof, goofus, galoot, lummox, klutz, putz, schlemiel, sap, meatball, gink, cluck, clunk, ding-dong, dingbat, wiener, weeny, dip, simp, spud, coot, palooka, poop, squarehead, yo-yo, dingleberry Australian/New Zealand informal drongo, dill, alec, galah, nong, bogan, poon, boofhead US informal wing nut South African informal mompara British vulgar slang knobhead North American vulgar slang asshat archaic tomfool, noddy, clodpole, loggerhead, spoony, mooncalf 1.1 archaic A person who is duped or imposed on: he is the fool of circumstances... I think Australians would resent this government if they saw they were being duped and treated like fools by them. But no; I was deceiving myself, living in a fool's paradise. However transitory the contentment is, one loves to live in a fool's paradise. Synonyms laughing stock, dupe, butt, gull, pushover, easy mark, tool, cat's paw informal stooge, sucker, mug, fall guy North American informal sap 2 historical A jester or clown, especially one retained in a royal or noble household.In Twelfth Night, Feste plays the role of a humble clown employed by Olivia's father playing the licensed fool of their household.... He, too, is an extension of More, both of his comic side in general and of his love of fools and clowns in particular, as reported by Erasmus. Samis are often stereotyped as the comical helpers of Santa Claus or, even more negatively, as drunken fools or jesters. Synonyms jester, court jester, clown, buffoon, comic, joker, jokester, zany, merry andrew; wearer of the motley, harlequin, Pierrot, Punchinello, Pantaloon verb 1 [with object] Trick or deceive (someone); dupe: don’t be fooled into* paying out any more of your hard-earned cash* she tried to fool herself* that she had stopped loving him... Do you mean to suggest that Chinese people are fooled or fool themselves into living in a false world? She was fooled into using her fame to help promote a slimming drink, which turned out to be tea. The design is practically flawless, the use of textures and atmosphere so real that you are fooled into a sense of realism. Synonyms deceive, trick, play a trick on, hoax, dupe, take in, mislead, delude, hoodwink, bluff, beguile, gull, make a fool of, outwit; swindle, defraud, cheat, double-cross informal* con, bamboozle, pull a fast one on, pull someone's leg, take for a ride, pull the wool over someone's eyes, throw dust in someone's eyes, put one over on, have on, diddle, fiddle, swizzle, rip off, do, sting, gyp, shaft British informal sell a pup to North American informal sucker, snooker, stiff, euchre, bunco, hornswoggle Australian informal pull a swifty on rare cozen, sharp, mulct 2 [no object] Act in a joking, frivolous, or teasing way: some lads in the pool were fooling around... These may only be laughing and fooling about, but given all the publicity about drugs etc, people are afraid to walk past or talk to them. Our engineers were fooling about in the studio singing vulgar songs and making rude remarks in front of the microphone. Destined for academic greatness, Masters says he still had time to fool about at grammar school in Richmond, North Yorkshire. Synonyms fiddle, play (about/around), toy, trifle, meddle, tamper, interfere, monkey about/around informal mess about/around British informal muck about/around 2.1 [no object] (fool around) chiefly North American Engage in casual or extramarital sexual activity.I think he's fooling around with somebody and wants to have the both of us around to play these silly mind games with.... However, he neglected to tell me that he had a girlfriend for the entire three years we'd been fooling around. But for most of history, they just did the fooling around without calling it anything. Synonyms philander, womanize, flirt, have an affair, commit adultery informal play around, mess about/around, carry on, play the field, play away, sleep around, swing vulgar slang screw around rare coquet adjective [attributive] informal Foolish; silly: that damn fool* waiter... Soppy fool dedications over and done with, I leave you with the following thought, supplied by the ever-reliable source of quotes that is Hamish McT. Lord knows nothing else in the fool thing works. Sorry about the fool thing, I just got carried away. Phrases be no (or nobody's) fool a fool and his money are soon parted fools rush in where angels fear to tread make a fool of more fool —— play (or act) the fool there's no fool like an old fool you could have fooled me! Origin Middle English: from Old French fol* 'fool, foolish', from Latin follis 'bellows, windbag', by extension 'empty-headed person'. The root of fool is Latin follis, which originally meant ‘bellows, windbag’, and came to mean ‘an empty-headed person’, in the same way that windbag (LME, but E19th in this sense) does in English. The use of fool to mean a jester or clown also goes back to the Middle Ages. People in the 16th century seem to have been particularly aware of the ways in which someone may come to grief through lack of wisdom, especially in their dealings with others. A fool and his money are soon parted, a fool at forty is a fool indeed, and there's no fool like an old fool all come from this period. Two centuries later foolish behaviour was still a matter for concern—in 1711 the poet Alexander Pope published the line which has become proverbial, ‘Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.’ Eager prospectors have been mistaking worthless minerals such as iron pyrites, or fool's gold, for gold since the late 19th century. The term foolscap for a paper size dates from the late 17th century, and is said to be named after a former watermark representing a fool's cap. Sadly, a traditional story that after the Civil War Parliament gave orders that a fool's cap should replace the royal arms in the watermark of the paper used for the Journals of the House of Commons apparently has no basis in fact. Rhymes Banjul, befool, Boole, boule, boules, boulle, cagoule, cool, drool, ghoul, Joule, mewl, misrule, mule, O'Toole, pool, Poole, pul, pule, Raoul, rule, school, shul, sool, spool, Stamboul, stool, Thule, tomfool, tulle, you'll, yule fool2 /fuːl / noun [mass noun, usually with modifier] chiefly British A cold dessert made of pureed fruit mixed or served with cream or custard: raspberry fool with cream... Fruit fools, jellies, and ice creams were popular desserts. For dessert, we ordered the rhubarb and strawberry fool, with stem ginger ice cream. Use it trickled over ice-cream sundaes, on pancakes, or with the banana fool above. Origin Late 16th century: perhaps from fool¹.
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