| 单词 | folk |
| 释义 | Related topics: Musicfolk1 /fəʊk $ foʊk/ ●●● S2 W3 noun 1 [plural] (also folks) especially American English people 人们 I’m sure there are some folk who would rather they weren’t here. 我敢肯定有些人宁愿自己不在这里。 Thanks to the folks at NBC. 感谢全国广播公司的工作人员。 Wait till the folks back home hear about this! 等到家乡的人听说这事吧！young/old folk British English old-fashioned Young folk these days don’t know the meaning of work. 如今的年轻人不懂得工作的意义。2 folks [plural] a) especially American EnglishFAMILY your parents and family 家人，家属 Is it OK if I call my folks? 我打电话给家里人可以吗？ b) PERSON/PEOPLEused when talking to a group of people in a friendly way 各位，大伙儿 That’s all for now, folks. 各位，到此为止。3 country/farming etc folk [plural] (also country etc folks American English) literaryALPERSON/PEOPLE people who live in a particular area or do a particular kind of work 乡下人/农民等 simple country folk 纯朴的乡下人4 APM[uncountable] folk music 民间音乐 a folk singer 民歌手Examples from the Corpusfolk• But there's 100 folk after every job.• His parents were hard-working country folk.• Most folk around here are pretty friendly.• Stella's ambition is to get a job working with old folk.• We want to see beautiful people we can be envious of, not ordinary folk who remind us of ourselves.• The radio folk have some homework to do between now and Thursday.• As with folk, it's a natural process, simply reflective.• The young folk need to have a place where they can go in the evenings.• I joined other escaping mums - and dads and younger folk and older folk too.young/old folk• I joined other escaping mums - and dads and younger folk and older folk too.• We have an alarming number of distressing cases in our files of youngsters, families and old folk who need us.• You had to talk to those dear old folk at the Empress and I don't blame you.• From the Dwarves, the Deep Ones of the Greshorns, the oldest folk of the earth.• I used to go along to Greenbank Hospital's geriatric wards, where I sang and played to the old folk.• The young folk were emigrating enmasse.• Normally, once these older folk have attended a course they are keen to participate in others.Related topics: Folklore, Literature, Musicfolk2 adjective [only before noun] 1 RFfolk art, stories, customs etc are traditional and typical of the ordinary people who live in a particular area 民间的，民俗的 folk tales 民间故事 an Irish folk song 一首爱尔兰民歌2. folk science/psychology/wisdom etc RFscience etc that is based on the ideas or beliefs that ordinary people have, and does not involve a high level of technical knowledge 民间科学/心理学/智慧等3. folk medicine/remedy MAa traditional type of medical treatment that uses plants or simple treatments rather than scientific methods 民间传统医学/疗法Examples from the Corpusfolk• He was discovered again during the folk boom that came just after his death in 1961.• It has a charming folk cast to it.• The second model is what the researchers call the gay folk construction of risk.• Spanish folk songs• Many of her first attempts were little more than workmanlike folk songs.• An ancient folk tale, it became the source of a number of legends and literary adaptations.• Like most folk wisdom it is true, I think.Origin folk Old English folcfolk1 nounfolk2 adjectiveChinese people Corpus |
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