Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense fools, present participle fooling, past tense, past participle fooled
1N-COUNT 傻子;蠢人;白痴 If you call someone a fool, you are indicating that you think they are not at all sensible and show a lack of good judgment. 傻子;蠢人;白痴 [disapproval]
2ADJ [ADJ n]傻的;愚蠢的Fool is used to describe an action or person that is not at all sensible and shows a lack of good judgment. 傻的;愚蠢的 [mainly US, informal, disapproval]
What a damn fool thing to do!.
做的什么蠢事啊!
What can that fool guard be thinking of?
那个愚蠢的守卫能想什么?
3VERB 愚弄;欺骗 If someone fools you, they deceive or trick you. 愚弄;欺骗
Art dealers fool a lot of people. [VERB noun]
艺术经纪人能欺骗很多人。
Don't be fooled by his appearance. [beVERB-ed]
别被他的外表欺骗了。
They tried to fool you into coming after us. [VERB noun + into]
4VERB 瞎弄;瞎折腾;糊弄 If you say that a person is fooling with something or someone, you mean that the way they are behaving is likely to cause problems. 瞎弄;瞎折腾;糊弄
What are you doing fooling with such a staggering sum of money?. [VERB + with]
你拿着这么一大笔钱瞎折腾什么呢?
He kept telling her that here you did not fool with officials. [VERBwith noun]
他一直在告诫她这里的官员不好糊弄。
5N-COUNT [usually theNOUN](旧时国王或王后豢养的)弄臣,小丑 In the courts of kings and queens in medieval Europe, thefool was the person whose job was to do silly things in order to make people laugh. (旧时国王或王后豢养的)弄臣,小丑
6N-VAR 奶油果泥;蛋奶果泥Fool is a dessert made by mixing soft cooked fruit with whipped cream or with custard. 奶油果泥;蛋奶果泥 [British]
...gooseberry fool.
奶油醋栗泥
7PHRASE 让…出丑;戏弄 If you make a fool of someone, you make them seem silly by telling people about something stupid that they have done, or by tricking them. 让…出丑;戏弄
Your brother is making a fool of you.
你哥哥在戏弄你。
He'd been made a fool of.
他被愚弄了。
8PHRASE 出丑;让人看笑话 If you make a fool of yourself, you behave in a way that makes other people think that you are silly or lacking in good judgment. 出丑;让人看笑话
He was drinking and making a fool of himself.
他在喝酒,让自己出尽了丑。
9PHRASE 那样做真傻 If you say to someone 'More fool you' when they tell you what they have done or what they plan to do, you are indicating that you think that it is silly and shows a lack of judgment. 那样做真傻 [British, disapproval]
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。
10PHRASE 扮傻逗乐 If you play the fool or act the fool, you behave in a playful, childish, and foolish way, usually in order to make other people laugh. 扮傻逗乐
They used to play the fool together, calling each other silly names and giggling.
12PHRASAL VERB 吊儿郎当;游荡;鬼混 If you fool around, you behave in a silly, dangerous, or irresponsible way. 吊儿郎当;游荡;鬼混
They were fooling around on an Army firing range.
他们在军队的射击训练场里闲晃。
Have you been fooling around with something you shouldn't?
你有没有做不该做的事?
13PHRASAL VERB 有私情;乱搞 If someone fools around with another person, especially when one of them is married, they have a casual sexual relationship. 有私情;乱搞
Never fool around with the clients' wives.
永远不要和客户的妻子乱搞。
Her husband was fooling around.
她的丈夫在外面拈花惹草。
14PHRASAL VERB 犯傻;扮傻逗乐 If you fool around, you behave in a playful, childish, and silly way, often in order to make people laugh. In British English, you can also say you fool about . 犯傻;扮傻逗乐
Fools rush in where angels fear to treadAlexander PopeAn Essay on Criticism
A fool and his words are soon partedWilliam ShenstoneWorks
A fool uttereth all his mindBible: Proverbs
I am two fools, I know, For loving, and for saying so In whining poetryJohn DonneSongs and Sonnets
Who loves not woman, wine and song Remains a fool his whole life longattributed to Martin Luther
Be wise with speed; A fool at forty is a fool indeedEdward YoungThe Love of Fame
There's a sucker born every minutePhineas T. Barnum
You may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all the timeattributed to both Phineas T. Barnum and Abraham Lincoln
Natur never makes enny blunders. When she makes a phool she means itJosh BillingsJosh Billings' Wit and Humour
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man seesWilliam BlakeThe Marriage of Heaven and Hell
If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wiseWilliam BlakeThe Marriage of Heaven and Hell
A knowledgeable fool is a greater fool than an ignorant foolMolièreLes Femmes Savantes