Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #3660
fool
傻瓜；蠢人；没头脑的人
a person who lacks good judgment or acts unwisely
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A stock character typified by unintelligence, naïveté or lucklessness, usually as a form of comic relief; often used as a source of insight or pathos for the audience, as such characters are generally less bound by social expectations.
一种典型的角色,通常表现为愚蠢、天真或倒霉,常作为喜剧性调剂；也常被用作观众的洞察或感伤来源,因为这些角色通常不受社会期望的约束
- 2.
A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
一种由水果泥和奶油或蛋奶酱制成的甜点
- 3.
a person who lacks good judgment
缺乏良好判断力的人
- 4.
Someone who has been made a fool of or tricked; dupe.
被愚弄或被骗的人；受骗者
- 5.
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
容易上当受骗的人
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A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
塔罗牌中的一张牌,代表小丑
- 7.
a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
中世纪受雇于国王或贵族以娱乐的专业小丑
容易受骗的人；上当者；宫廷小丑；弄臣；水果奶油甜品；傻瓜角色；喜剧丑角；愚者（塔罗牌中的一张牌）
In use
Don't be such a fool; check the facts before you believe that story.
The con artist easily made a fool of the tourists.
In medieval times, a court fool would often wear colorful clothes and entertain the king.
Connections
Collocations
- make a fool of oneself
- 出丑，丢脸
- He made a fool of himself at the party.他在聚会上出了丑。
- play the fool
- 装傻，胡闹
- Stop playing the fool and get to work.别装傻了，去干活。
- act the fool
- 装疯卖傻，干蠢事
- He's always acting the fool in class.他总是在课堂上装疯卖傻。
- April fool
- 愚人节被捉弄的人
- I was an April fool when I believed his joke.我信了他的玩笑，成了愚人节的傻瓜。
- fool's errand
- 徒劳无益的差事
- Looking for the lost keys in the dark was a fool's errand.在黑暗中找丢失的钥匙是徒劳的。
- fool's paradise
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象愚人节上戴尖帽的小丑（fool）被人愚弄，记住“fool”就是傻瓜。
Context & Register
通常用于形容缺乏判断力或易受骗的人，常见于日常口语、轻度贬义或戏谑场合；注意：作为‘宫廷小丑’的用法已过时，仅限历史语境。
Grammar Note
可数名词，常用单数形式
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words school, pool, cool, tool, and rule all rhyme with 'fool' (sound: /uːl/). However, 'full' (/fʊl/) shares the same spelling ending '-ull' but has a different vowel sound (short /ʊ/), so it is a lookalike, not a rhyme.
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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