英语释义

1. to lay one part over another part of
fold a letter

2. to reduce the length or bulk of by doubling over
fold a tent

3. to clasp together entwine
fold the hands

4. to clasp or enwrap closely embrace

5. to incorporate (a food ingredient) into a mixture by repeated gentle overturnings without stirring or beating

6. to incorporate closely

7. to concede defeat by withdrawing (one's cards) from play (as in poker)

8. to bring to an end

9. to bend (something, such as a layer of rock) into folds

10. to become doubled or pleated

11. to fail completely collapse especially to go out of business

12. to fold one's cards (as in poker)

13. a part doubled or laid over another part pleat

14. a crease made by folding something (such as a newspaper)

15. something that is folded together or that enfolds

16. a bend or flexure produced in rock by forces operative after the depositing or consolidation of the rock

17. an undulation in the landscape

18. a margin apparently formed by the doubling upon itself of a flat anatomical structure (such as a membrane)

19. a group of people or institutions that share a common faith, belief, activity, or enthusiasm
His former colleagues would be glad to welcome him back into the fold.

20. a flock of sheep

21. an enclosure for sheep

22. to pen up or confine (sheep) in a fold

23. multiplied by (a specified number) times —in adjectives
a sixfold increase and adverbs
repay you tenfold

24. having (so many) parts
threefold aspect of the problem

25. multiplied by (a specified number) times

26. having (so many) parts

27. to lay one part over or against another part
fold a blanket

28. to clasp together
fold your hands

29. embrace entry 1 sense 1
She folded the child in her arms.

30. an act or the result of laying one part over or against another
With just a few folds he made a paper airplane.

31. a part laid over another part
the folds of the curtain

32. a bend produced in a rock layer by pressure

33. multiplied by a specified number times Hint: -fold is used in adjectives
a twelvefold increase repay tenfold

34. having so many parts
a threefold problem

35. a margin apparently formed by the doubling upon itself of a flat anatomical structure (as a membrane)

片语

alar folds[解剖]

fold line折线；折纹；返折线

fold increase成倍增加

Sinotype folds震旦式褶皱

epeirogenic folds[地质]

nasolabial folds鼻唇沟皱褶

fold belt[地质] 褶皱带

disharmonic folds[地质] 不谐和褶皱；[地质] 不谐和褶曲

vocal fold[组织] 声襞

Vocal FoldsThe vocal folds, also known commonly as vocal cords, are composed of twin infoldings of mucous membrane stretched horizontally across the larynx. They vibrate, modulating the flow of air being expelled from the lungs during phonatio

fold up倒闭；撒手；垮台；放弃 ；折叠

in folds包进；折叠

drag folds拖曳褶皱

incompetent folds弱层褶皱

英汉例句

• Additionally, because he designed the entire bike folds down to make it easier to use as a commuter bike.

  此外，由于他将整辆车设计为可折叠，因而适于骑车上下班的人使用。

• She had become so gray, gray like her old companion; she was covered in ash-there was ash in the folds of her dress, in her hair, in all the wrinkles of her old skin.

  她已经变得苍老了，像其他苍老的老太太一样；她浑身都是灰尘——衣服的褶皱里，头发上，衰老的皮肤上所有的皱纹里都布满了灰尘。

• A lengthy necklace of amino acids bends, twists and folds into a three-dimensional protein, whose shape determines the protein「s function.

  氨基酸的一个长链弯曲，扭转，折叠成一个三维的蛋白质，它的形状决定了蛋白质的功能。

• Paul Dunham, 83, folds a blanket in his home in Hayden, Idaho.

  保罗·邓纳姆，83岁，正在他爱达荷州海登市的家里折一条毛毯。

• The folds increased the surface area available for the billions of neurons in the human neo-cortex.

  这些皱褶和沟回结构大大增加了新皮层的表面积，为数十亿的神经元提供了空间。

• Go for a block colour dress with a slimming dark pencil skirt. Extra folds at the top of the dress will balance out your curves.

  最好选择这种纯色的上衣搭配显瘦的深色铅笔裙，上衣的折叠设计会很好地协调平衡你的曲线。

• The new inspiration brought more taut and tailored clothes but above all the drapes, which ended in folds like a horn of plenty at short skirt hems.

  新的灵感来源带来更加整洁和成熟的剪裁，但是关于这些褶皱，在短裙边缝的一些叠层看起来像是动物的触角。

• In the art of origami the artist would create a single animal or shape from a sheet of paper using precise folds and creases.

  在折纸艺术里，艺术家会通过準确的折叠用一张纸创造出单个动物或形状。

• Galt describes her inspiration: 「It」s like a children「s wagon only it folds up like a camping chair and fits in a bag so you can take it with you.

  高尔特这样诉说她灵感来源：「这看起来像一个幼儿车，折叠起来像野营椅，把它装进包中，你就可以随身携带了。

• The trick then works automatically, no matter which sequence of folds the audience chooses.

  不管观众选择怎样的折叠序列，戏法之后就自动变出来了。

• A woman folds her ballot paper at a polling station in Kampala, Uganda.

  乌干达坎帕拉，一名妇女正在把折过的选票投入选票箱中。

• A small kickstand folds out from the back of the handset allowing you to sit the phone horizontally when watching videos or viewing photos.

  当观看视频或查看照片时，有一个小支架可以从背面折叠出可以让你把手机坐立在水平面上。

• X-ray structures of catalogs of proteins have also provided useful information on the types of protein structures, folds and domains found in nature; this is sometimes termed structural genomics.

  蛋白质X射线结构的目录也为蛋白质结构类型、自然状态下的折叠和域提供了有用信息。有时这被称为结构基因组学。

• He was somewhat gouty, and when he was asleep, his aged fingers, stiffened with rheumatism, lay crooked up in the folds of his sheets.

  他有点痛风，睡着的时候他那些被风湿病僵化了的手指在被单的皱折里老弓曲着。

• 」Diner," answered the aging man with silver hair and loose skin that hung in folds around his neck.

  餐车“，一位满头银发，脖子处都是褶皱的松垂皮肤的老人回答到。」

• Its many folds and grooves, though, provide it with the additional surface area necessary for storing all of the body」s important information.

  但是它大量的褶皱和沟槽增加了它的表面积，从而可以储存下所有身体的重要信息。

• This particular one is among the most inexpensive (if you order from the right place), weights just over a third of a pound and folds up small in the bag that comes with it.

  这款是最便宜的（如果你买对了地方），只有三分之一镑，折叠起来更小、携带更方便。

• The car unfolds with the push of a button, then folds flat and slides back into the phone-sized remote control.

  按下按钮，车子就会展开，再按下，就会折叠放平，并滑回电话大小的遥控器。

• It folds its wings and stands calmly amid the paralyzed Na 'vi.

  它折起双翼，平静地站在快被吓瘫的纳美人中间。

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bunch群；串；突出物

circle盘旋，旋转；环行

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clique(Clique)人名；(法)克利克

community社区；[生态] 群落；共同体；团体

coterie圈内人；小集团；伙伴；同志

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crowd（一批人）（使）挤满；逼近（某人）；聚集；（想法或观点）塞满脑子；催促（因而使人生气或不快）

gang成群结队

lotad （与形容词和副词连用）很，非常；（与动词连用）非常

network网络；广播网；网状物

pack包装；压紧；捆扎；挑选；塞满

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相反词

extend延伸；扩大；伸展；使疏开

open开始；展现

spread传播，散布；展开；伸展；铺开

unfold展开；显露

unroll显露；展现