/fu:l ||; ful/noun
[C] a person who is silly or who acts in a silly way 蠢人;傻瓜:
I felt such a fool when I realized my mistake.我发现自己的错误时觉得自己真是一个大傻瓜。☞Look at April Fool. 参看April Fool。 make a fool of sb/yourself to make sb/yourself look foolish or silly 使出丑;闹笑话:
Barry got drunk and made a complete fool of himself.巴里喝醉了,出尽洋相。
*fool²
/fu:l ||; ful/verb
1 [T] fool sb (into doing sth) to trick sb 哄骗;欺骗:
Don't be fooled into believing everything that the salesman says.别让推销员把你骗得糊里胡涂的,他说什么你就信什么。
2 [I] to speak without being serious 开玩笑:
You didn't really believe me when I said I was going to America, did you? I was only fooling.你不是真的相信我说的要到美国去吧?我只是开玩笑罢了。
fool about/around to behave in a silly way 做傻事:
Stop fooling around with that knife or someone will get hurt!别再乱耍那把刀子,否则会伤到人。
fool1/ful; fuːl/n [C] 1 a stupid person 蠢人﹐傻瓜: I felt such a fool, locking my keys in the car. 我真是个大笨蛋﹐把钥匙锁在了车里。Like a fool , I accepted his offer. 我像个傻瓜﹐接受了他的提议。2 make a fool of yourself to do something silly or embarrassing 出丑﹐出洋相: He worried that he might make a fool of himself. 他担心自己会出丑。3 make a fool of sb to deliberately try to make someone seem stupid 愚弄某人﹐使某人出洋相: She didn’t like being made a fool of. 她不想被人愚弄。4 any fool can do sthinformal used to say that it is very easy to do something【非正式】傻瓜都会做某事〔用于表示某事很简单〕: Any fool could see the plan wouldn’t work. 傻子都看得出这个计划行不通。5 be no/nobody's fool to be difficult to trick because you have a lot of knowledge and experience 不会轻易上当﹐为人精明﹐不是傻瓜
fool2v 1 [T] to make someone believe something that is not true 欺骗﹔愚弄: fool sb into doing sth Don’t be fooled into thinking it's easy to lose weight. 不要上当﹐认为减肥很容易。be fooled by sth Don’t be fooled by appearances. 不要被外表所欺骗。2 you could have fooled me spoken used to say that you do not believe what someone has told you【口】我才不信你呢: ‘I’m not scared.’ ‘You could have fooled me!’ “我不害怕。”“你能骗得了我!”fool around also 又作 fool aboutBrE 【英】phr v to behave in a silly way 胡闹﹐捣乱: He's been fooling around in class. 他上课一直捣乱。fool (around) with sthphr v to use something in a careless or dangerous way 乱弄﹐瞎弄: You shouldn’t fool around with fireworks. 你不能乱玩烟火。
foolfoolfools1nouna person who is silly or who does something silly: You fool! You forgot to lock the door!make a fool of yourselfto do something that makes you look silly in front of other people: He always makes a fool of himself at parties.foolfoolfoolsfooledfooling2verb (fools, fooling, fooled)to make somebody believe something that is not truesame meaningtrick: You can't fool me! I know you're lying! fool about, fool aroundto do silly things: Stop fooling about with that knife.