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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- fold [fəuld]
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1.
noun
[c]
(in paper, cloth) 折叠
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2.
noun
[c]
(in dress) 褶
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3.
noun
[c]
(for sheep) 羊栏
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4.
noun
[宗]
the fold 信徒
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5.
vt.
[+cloth, clothes, paper, map]
(also: fold up) 折叠
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6.
vt.
[+chair, table]
(also: fold up) 折
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7.
vt.
[+one's arms, hands]
交叠
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8.
vi.
[esp BRIT]
[business, organization+]
关停
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9.
vi.
[map, chair, table+]
(also: fold up) 折叠起来
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1.
noun
[c]
(in paper, cloth) 折叠
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- fold [fold] [fəuld]
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1.
vt.
折叠；把…对折
- to fold a sheet
- 将纸折起来
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2.
vt.
交叠，合拢（使更紧密）
- 3. vt. 交（臂），抱（臂）
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4.
vt.
（鸟）收起（翅膀）
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5.
vt.
拥抱，搂抱，抱紧
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6.
vt.
包，裹；包围；笼罩
- 7. vi. 折叠起来，对折起来
- 8. vi. [American English] [verbal] 被迫歇业（或停止演出等）
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9.
vi.
[American English]
[verbal]
垮台；（健康、精神等方面）衰退，垮下
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10.
vi.
[slang]
失败；结束
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11.
vi.
[slang]
由于酗酒而崩溃
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12.
noun
折叠部分，褶层
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13.
noun
褶（的记号）；褶页
- 14. noun 褶痕；折缝
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15.
noun
[England]
凹地；小谷
- 16. noun [geology] 褶皱
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1.
vt.
折叠；把…对折
Collins English-English Dictionary
- fold [fəυld]
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1.
vb
to bend or be bent double so that one part covers another
- to fold a sheet of paper
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2.
vt.
[tr]
fold in to mix (a whisked mixture) with other ingredients by gently turning one part over the other with a spoon
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3.
vt.
[tr]
to bring together and intertwine (the arms, legs, etc)
- she folded her hands
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4.
vt.
[tr]
(of birds, insects, etc) to close (the wings) together from an extended position
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5.
vt.
[tr;
often foll by upor in] to enclose in or as if in a surrounding material -
6.
vt.
[tr;
foll by in] to clasp (a person) in the arms -
7.
vt.
[tr;
usually foll by round, about, etc] to wind (around); entwine -
8.
vt.
[tr]
[poetic]
to cover completely
- night folded the earth
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9.
vt.
to produce a bend (in stratified rock) or (of stratified rock) to display a bend
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10.
vi.
[intr;
often foll by up] [informal] to collapse; fail- the business folded
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11.
n
a piece or section that has been folded
- a fold of cloth
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12.
n
a mark, crease, or hollow made by folding
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13.
n
a hollow in undulating terrain
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14.
n
a bend in stratified rocks that results from movements within the earth's crust and produces such structures as anticlines and synclines
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15.
n
another word for plica
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16.
n
[anatomy]
a coil, as in a rope, etc
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17.
n
an act of folding
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18.
n
See also fold up
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19.
n
[Etymology]
Old English fealdan; related to Old Norse falda , Old High German faldan, Latin duplus double, Greek haploos simple
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1.
vb
to bend or be bent double so that one part covers another
- fold [fəυld]
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1.
n
a small enclosure or pen for sheep or other livestock, where they can be gathered
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2.
n
the sheep or other livestock gathered in such an enclosure
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3.
n
a flock of sheep
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4.
n
a herd of Highland cattle
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5.
n
a church or the members of it
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6.
n
any group or community sharing a way of life or holding the same values
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7.
vt.
[tr]
to gather or confine (sheep or other livestock) in a fold
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8.
vt.
[Etymology]
Old English falod; related to Old Saxon faled, Middle Dutch vaelt
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1.
n
a small enclosure or pen for sheep or other livestock, where they can be gathered
Examples
- to fold a sheet
- 将纸折起来 → fold
- to fold the arms
- 交臂 → fold
- Chairs that fold flat are easy to store when not in use.
- 折叠椅在不使用时很方便存放。
- I need help to fold up all the invitations.
- 我需要人帮我把这些请柬折好。 → fold
- Some soldiers fold their arms while they walk.
- 一些战士在走路时喜欢交叉双臂。 → fold
- Sit down and fold your arms.
- 坐下，抱臂。
- The fold must be across the center of the sheet.
- 折线必须在这个床单的中间位置。 → fold
- The door of the fold broke, and some sheep escaped.
- 栅栏的门坏了，一些羊就逃了出去。
- a bias fold → bias
- to fold a sheet of paper → fold
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