/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。