单词 | folk |
释义 | folk /fohk/, n. 1. Usually, folks. (used with a pl. v.) people in general: Folks say there wasn't much rain last summer. 2. Often, folks. (used with a pl. v.) people of a specified class or group: country folk; poor folks. 3. (used with a pl. v.) people as the carriers of culture, esp. as representing the composite of social mores, customs, forms of behavior, etc., in a society: The folk are the bearers of oral tradition. 4. folks, Informal. a. members of one's family; one's relatives: All his folks come from France. b. one's parents: Will your folks let you go? 5. Archaic. a people or tribe. 6. just folks, Informal. (of persons) simple, unaffected, unsophisticated, or open-hearted people: He enjoyed visiting his grandparents because they were just folks. adj. 7. of or originating among the common people: folk beliefs; a folk hero. 8. having unknown origins and reflecting the traditional forms of a society: folk culture; folk art. [bef. 900; ME; OE folc; c. OS, ON folk, OHG folk (G Volk)] Syn. 4. kinfolk, kin, relations, people; clan, tribe. |
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