fold是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to bend something, especially paper or cloth, so that one part of it lies on the other part, or to be able to be bent in this way -- 折疊，對折（尤指紙或布）；可折疊，可對折

  • I folded the letter (in half) and put it in an envelope. 我把信對折後裝進一個信封裡。

  • He had a neatly folded handkerchief in his jacket pocket. 他的上衣口袋裡有一方疊得整整齊齊的手帕。

  • Will you help me to fold (up) the sheets? 你能幫我把床單疊起來嗎？

  • The table folds up when not in use. 桌子不用時可以折疊起來。

  • She folded her baby in a blanket. 她把嬰兒裹在一塊毯子裡。

  • He folded his arms around her. 他用雙臂摟住了她。

  • She sat with her legs folded under her. 她盤腿而坐。

• 1 (of a business) to close because of failure -- （企業）倒閉

  • Many small businesses fold within the first year. 許多小公司在第一年就倒閉了。

• 2 a line or mark where paper, cloth, etc. was or is folded -- （紙、布的）褶線，褶痕

  • Make a fold across the centre of the card. 在卡片中間折一道線。

• 3 a small area of a field surrounded by a fence where sheep can be put for shelter for the night -- 羊欄，羊圈

  • Her children are all away at college now, but they always return to the fold during the holidays. 她的孩子們現在全都離家上大學了，但是他們假期總是都回來。

• 4 having the stated number of parts, or multiplied by the stated number -- 由…部分組成；…倍

  • threefold 三倍

  • fourfold 四倍

  • The problems are twofold - firstly, economic, and secondly, political. 這些問題是雙重的：第一，經濟上的；第二，政治上的。

  • In the last 50 years, there has been a 33-fold increase in the amount of pesticide used in farming. 在過去50年裡，用於農業的殺蟲劑數量增長了33倍。