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。