Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #3975
fold
折叠；对折
An act of folding.
- 1.
An act of folding.
折叠的动作
- 2.
A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.
羊或其他家畜的圈栏。
- 3.
an angular or rounded shape made by folding
折叠形成的角形或圆形
- 4.
That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops.
折叠在一起的东西,或包裹或包围的东西
- 5.
Any enclosed piece of land belonging to a farm or mill; yard, farmyard.
属于农场或磨坊的任何围地；院子,农家院。
- 6.
a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
信仰相同并定期参加某教堂的群体
- 7.
A gentle curve of the ground; gentle hill or valley.
地面的缓坡；缓和的山丘或山谷
- 8.
An enclosure or dwelling generally.
一般的围栏或住所。
- 9.
a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
导致岩层弯曲的地质过程
- 10.
The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.
由于塑性变形,原本平坦的表面如沉积层的弯曲或曲折
- 11.
A group of sheep or goats, particularly those kept in a given enclosure.
一群羊或山羊,尤指饲养在特定围栏中的。
- 12.
The division between the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet: headlines above the fold will be readable in a newsstand display; usually the fold.
报纸上半部分与下半部分的分界线；通常指折叠线
- 13.
Home, family.
家,家庭。
- 14.
Any of a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure recursively to build up a value.
递归处理数据结构以构建值的高阶函数家族中的任意一个
- 15.
A church congregation, a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church; also, the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.
教会会众,指信奉共同信仰并定期参加某教堂活动的一群人；亦指整个基督教会,即基督的羊群。
- 16.
A section of source code that can be collapsed out of view in an editor to aid readability.
源代码中可折叠以辅助阅读的部分。
- 17.
A group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.
拥有共同理念或目标,或共同生活、工作的一群人。
- 18.
One individual part of something described as manifold, twofold, fourfold, etc.
被描述为多倍、两倍、四倍等的某物的一个单独部分。
褶痕；折痕；褶子；畜栏；羊圈；围场；羊群；会众；信众；报纸折线；版面折叠处
In use
He ironed the fold in his trousers.
The paper had a sharp fold down the middle.
She smoothed the fold of the blanket.
a fold in the napkin
a fold in [sth]
表示某物上的折痕或褶皱。
There was a fold in the map.
地图上有一道折痕。
the fold of [sth]
指某物折叠的部分或折痕。
She smoothed the fold of the sleeve.
她抚平了袖子上的折痕。
return to the fold
比喻重返家庭、组织或团体。
Connections
Collocations
- a fold in the paper
- 纸上的折痕
- There was a sharp fold in the paper where it had been creased.纸上有一道明显的折痕，是被压过的地方。
- a fold of skin
- 皮肤褶皱
- The doctor examined the fold of skin under her chin.医生检查了她下巴下方的皮肤褶皱。
- return to the fold
- 回到群体/怀抱
- After years abroad, he finally returned to the fold of his family.在国外多年后，他终于回到了家人的怀抱。
- a fold of fabric
- 布料褶皱
- She smoothed the fold of fabric before sewing the seam.她抚平了布料褶皱后才开始缝线。
Idioms & figurative uses
- return to the fold
- 回归群体；重返组织After years of traveling, she finally returned to the fold and settled down.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一张纸对折后留下折痕（fold），就像羊群（fold）挤在一起形成的褶皱。
Context & Register
该义项为名词，指纸张或布料上的折痕、褶皱，常用于日常或轻度正式场景，例如描述衣物、文件等。
Grammar Note
可数名词；常与 in 或 of 连用，表示‘在…中的折痕’或‘…的折叠部分’
Pronunciation & Spelling
All words share the '-old' ending with the /oʊld/ sound. Be careful not to confuse with '-ould' in 'could' (/kʊd/), 'would' (/wʊd/), and 'should' (/ʃʊd/), which have a different vowel sound.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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