英汉词典

fool 基本解释

• vi. 欺骗；开玩笑；戏弄
• n. 傻瓜；愚人；受骗者
• vt. 欺骗，愚弄
• adj. 傻的

fool 词态变化

fool 中文词源

来自拉丁语follis, 风箱，皮袋，词源同bellows. 特指铁匠的鼓风袋，后来词义引申为夸夸其谈的人，笨蛋，傻瓜，等。

fool 英文词源

fool

fool: [13] Fool comes via Old French fol from Latin follis, which originally meant ‘bellows’ (and may come ultimately from Indo-European *bhel-, which produced English bellows). In post-classical times it developed semantically via ‘windbag’ and ‘fatuous person’ to ‘idiot’. Fool ‘dessert of puréed fruit and cream’ [16] appears to be the same word, applied (like trifle) to a light insubstantial dessert. Folly [13] comes from the Old French derivative folie.
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fool (n.1)

early 13c., "silly, stupid, or ignorant person," from Old French fol "madman, insane person; idiot; rogue; jester," also "blacksmith's bellows," also an adjective meaning "mad, insane" (12c., Modern French fou), from Medieval Latin follus (adj.) "foolish," from Latin follis "bellows, leather bag" (see follicle).

The sense evolution probably is from Vulgar Latin use of follis in a sense of "windbag, empty-headed person." Compare also Sanskrit vatula- "insane," literally "windy, inflated with wind." But some sources suggest evolution from Latin folles "puffed cheeks" (of a buffoon), a secondary sense from plural of follis. One makes the "idiot" sense original, the other the "jester" sense.

The word has in mod.Eng. a much stronger sense than it had at an earlier period; it has now an implication of insulting contempt which does not in the same degree belong to any of its synonyms, or to the derivative foolish. [OED]

Also used in Middle English for "sinner, rascal, impious person" (late 13c.). Meaning "jester, court clown" in English is attested c. 1300, though it is not always possible to tell whether the reference is to a professional entertainer counterfeiting mental weakness or an amusing lunatic, and the notion of the fool sage whose sayings are ironically wise is also in English from c. 1300. The French word probably also got into English via its borrowing in the Scandinavian languages of the vikings (Old Norse fol, Old Danish fool, fol).

There is no foole to the olde foole ["Proverbs of John Heywood," 1546]

To make a fool of (someone) "cause to appear ridiculous" is from 1620s (make fool "to deceive, make (someone) appear a fool" is from early 15c.). Feast of Fools (early 14c., from Medieval Latin festum stultorum) was the burlesque festival celebrated in some churches on New Year's Day in medieval times. Fool's gold "iron pyrite" is from 1829. Fool's paradise "illusory state of happiness" is from mid-15c. Fool-trap is from 1690s. Foolosopher, a useful insult, is in a 1549 translation of Erasmus. Fool's ballocks is described in OED as "an old name" for the green-winged orchid. Fool-killer "imaginary personage invested with authority to put to death anybody notoriously guilty of great folly" is from 1851, American English.

Fool killer, a great American myth imagined by editors, who feign that his or its services are greatly needed, and frequently alluded to as being "around" or "in town" when some special act of folly calls for castigation. Whether the fool-killer be an individual or an instrument cannot always be gathered from the dark phraseology in which he or it is alluded to; but the weight of authority would sanction the impersonal interpretation. [Walsh, "Handy-Book of Literary Curiosities," 1892]

fool (v.)

mid-14c., "to be foolish, act the fool," from fool (n.1). The transitive meaning "make a fool of" is recorded from 1590s. Sense of "beguile, cheat" is from 1640s. Also as a verb 16c.-17c. was foolify. Related: Fooled; fooling. Fool around is 1875 in the sense of "pass time idly," 1970s in sense of "have sexual adventures."

fool (adj.)

c. 1200, "sinful, wicked; lecherous" (a fool woman (c. 1300) was "a prostitute"), from fool (n.1). Meaning "foolish, silly" is mid-13c. In modern use considered U.S. colloquial.

fool (n.2)

type of custard dish, 1590s, of uncertain origin. The food also was called trifle, which may be the source of the name (via verb and noun senses of fool). OED utterly rejects derivation from Old French fole "a pressing."

fool 词组搭配

fool 英文释义

1. a person who lacks good judgment

2. a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

3. a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages

fool 同义词解析

cheat, deceive, trick, fool

这些动词均含有"欺骗"之意。

cheat： 普通用词，指用蒙蔽他人的手段取得所需之物，尤多指在赢利的买卖中欺骗人。

deceive： 最普通用词，指用虚假外表使人信以为真，或蓄意歪曲事实，或造成错误印象使人上当受骗。

trick： 指用阴谋诡计等骗得信任或得到所需之物。

fool： 指把别人当傻瓜，愚弄欺骗别人。

fool, idiot

这两个名词均有"笨蛋，傻瓜"之意。

fool： 一般指缺乏智力、无判断力和识别能力、头脑糊涂的人。

idiot： 指智能低、动作迟钝、行为不符合正常的人。

fool 双语例句

1. People always think I'm a fool, and I dare say they're right.

人们总认为我是个傻瓜，想必他们是对的。

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2. I'd been a fool letting him snow me with his big ideas.

我真蠢，居然被他的胡乱吹嘘给蒙蔽了。

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3. I was a fool to have let her talk me into it.

我真笨，竟然听从了她的劝说。

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4. He has simply been exposed as an adulterer and a fool.

有人揭发他就是个奸夫和白痴。

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5. He'd been a fool to get involved with her!

他竟然跟她扯到了一起，真是傻瓜！

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fool 实用场景例句

‘He's not an easy person to live with. ’ ‘More fool her for marrying him! ’

“和他共同生活很难。”“她和他结婚真傻！”

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I made a complete fool of myself in front of everyone!

我当众出了大丑了！

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Don't be such a fool!

别这么傻了！

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I felt a fool when I realized my mistake.

我意识到了自己的错误，觉得自己是个傻瓜。

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He told me he was an actor and I was fool enough to believe him.

他告诉我他是演员，而我真傻，竟相信了他的话。

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rhubarb fool

奶油大黄泥

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Quit playing the fool and get some work done!

别再装傻了，干点实事吧！

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Any fool could tell she was lying.

任何人都可以看出她在撒谎。

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She's nobody's fool when it comes to dealing with difficult patients.

她对付难缠的病人很有办法。

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Can't you see she's making a fool of you?

难道你不明白她是在愚弄你？

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Have you been fooling around with something you shouldn't?

你有没有做不该做的事？

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Never fool around with the clients' wives...

永远不要和客户的妻子乱搞。

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Her husband was fooling around.

她的丈夫在外面拈花惹草。

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Stop fooling about, man...

不要再扮傻充愣了，老兄。

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They fooled around for the camera.

他们在相机前面乱摆姿势。

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They were fooling around on an Army firing range...

他们在军队的射击训练场里闲晃。

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They used to play the fool together, calling each other silly names and giggling.

他们过去常在一起胡闹，互相取笑。

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What are you doing fooling with such a staggering sum of money?...

你拿着这么一大笔钱瞎折腾什么呢？

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He kept telling her that here you did not fool with officials.

他一直在告诫她这里的官员不好糊弄。

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...gooseberry fool.

奶油醋栗泥

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Your brother is making a fool of you...

你哥哥在戏弄你。

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He'd been made a fool of.

他被愚弄了。

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He was drinking and making a fool of himself.

他在喝酒，让自己出尽了丑。

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Most managers couldn't care less about information technology. More fool them.

多数的经理管理者根本不关心信息技术，他们真的很傻。

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What a damn fool thing to do!...

做的什么蠢事啊!

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What can that fool guard be thinking of?

那个愚蠢的守卫能想什么？

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Art dealers fool a lot of people...

艺术经纪人能欺骗很多人。

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Don't be fooled by his appearance...

别被他的外表欺骗了。

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'You fool!' she shouted...

“你这个白痴!”她大叫道。

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He'd been a fool to get involved with her!

他竟然跟她扯到了一起，真是傻瓜！

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