fold

Word family  noun fold folder adjective folded folding verb fold unfold

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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ldoce_115_efold1 /fəʊld $ foʊld/ ●●○ W3 verb  1  bend 折叠 [transitive]FOLD to bend a piece of paper, cloth etc by laying or pressing one part over another 折叠，对折 Fold the paper along the dotted line. 沿虚线将纸折起来。 It’ll fit in if you fold it in half. 对折的话就能放下了。fold something over/under/down etc Spoon the filling onto the dough, fold it over, and press down the edges. 用调羹把馅料舀在面团上，对折后把边捏紧。 →5  See picture of fold a chair 折椅子, fold your arms 交叠双臂, fold clothes 叠衣服 →4  See picture of 见图 fold2  smaller/neater 更小/更整齐 [transitive] (also fold up)DH to fold something several times so that it makes a small neat shape 折起，叠好 → unfold I wish you kids would fold up your clothes! 我希望你们这些孩子能把衣服叠好！ He folded the map neatly. 他把地图折得整整齐齐。3  furniture etc 家具等 [intransitive, transitive]DHFFOLD if something such as a piece of furniture folds, or you fold it, you make it smaller or move it to a different position by bending it 可折叠；折叠 The chairs fold flat for storage. 这些椅子可折起来存放。fold (something) away/up/down etc a useful little bed that folds away when you don’t need it 不需要时可折起来的一张有用的小床 Can you fold the shutters back? 你把护窗打开好吗？ → folding4  fold your arms BENDto bend your arms so that they rest together against your body 交叉[交叠]双臂 George stood silently with his arms folded. 乔治交叉着双臂一言不发地站着。5. business 企业 [intransitive] (also fold up)BB if an organization folds, it closes because it does not have enough money to continue 倒闭，歇业6  cover 覆盖 [transitive always + adverb/preposition]COVER to cover something, especially by wrapping it in material or putting your hand over it 包，裹fold something in something a silver dagger folded in a piece of white cloth 裹在一块白布里的一把银匕首7. fold somebody in your arms literaryHOLD to hold someone closely by putting your arms around them 把某人抱在怀里8 fold something ↔ in (also fold something into something) phrasal verb DFCto gently mix another substance into a mixture when you are preparing food 〔准备食物时〕拌入，把…调入 Next, fold in the sugar. 接下来，把糖拌进去。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

fold• The decision to keep it at 23 means fewer fixtures, less money and a greater likelihood of further clubs folding.• One of the most important newspapers in the region has folded.• The blankets were folded at the bottom of the bed.• The chairs fold flat for easy storage.• His thin companion folded his limbs like an insect as he sat down.• He folded his newspaper and handed it to me.• The napkins were folded into neat triangles.• He folded it into its white envelope.• Before getting into bed, I usually fold my clothes and put them on the chair.• Doug folded the check and put it in his wallet.• Then fold the dough over the filling, pinching the two sides together until you have a half-moon dumpling.• Tom folded the letter in half and stuck it in his pocket.• The young man left the stage and the curtains folded together.• Fold up your clothes, don't just throw them on the floor!• Most of the companies dependent on the steel works folded within weeks.fold ... in half• Cutting out Fold the fabric in half.• Margaret and a few others seemed relieved to get him down, his canes clattering and his body folding in half.• Score card on the wrong side and then fold in half.• Score on the wrong side and then fold the card in half.• Take away a sheet of paper or fold one in half each time to make the game more difficult.• Then fold the paper in half lengthwise and write a separate list of solutions.• First have them fold the card in half lengthwise.• How to tie it 1 Fold the rope in half so that there's a loop in the middle.fold (something) away/up/down etc• She draws into herself again, folds herself up.• The seat can be used in both forward and rear-facing positions and it only needs one hand to fold it down.• It was obvious they must have read the note, but I said nothing and folded it up again.• Then she folded it up and put it carefully in a pocket in her new handbag.• Jeopardy was leaning against the wall, his head thrown back, arms folded, looking down at Amber with inscrutable eyes.• I put that head back where it used to be and fold that canvas up the way it used to be.• I would fold it up with great care every morning.fold something in something• Some old pennies were folded in the handkerchief.

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fold2 ●○○ noun [countable]  1  line 线条FOLD a line made in paper or material when you fold one part of it over another 〔纸张或材料上的〕褶，折痕，裥 Bend back the card and cut along the fold. 打开折好的卡纸，然后沿折痕剪开。2  skin/material 皮肤/材料 [usually plural]CF the folds in material, skin etc are the loose parts that hang over other parts of it 〔材料、皮肤等的〕褶子，褶皱，折叠处 Her dress hung in soft folds. 她的连衣裙垂下来，上面打着松松的褶子。3  the fold PMEMBERthe group of people that you belong to and share the same beliefs and ideas as 同一群体的人，志同道合的人return to/come back into the fold The Church will welcome him back into the fold. 教会将欢迎他重返会众之中。stray from/leave the fold a former advocate of free market economics who had strayed from the fold 曾经倡导自由市场经济、后来已经脱离这一学派的人4. sheep 羊TA a small area of a field surrounded by a wall or fence where sheep are kept for safety 羊圈，羊栏 SYN pen, → corral5. rock 岩石 technicalHEG a bend in layers of rock, caused by underground movements in the earth 〔岩石层的〕褶皱

Examples from the Corpus

fold• An arm-chair had been pushed to the side; it had pulled a fold in the carpet.• Camels have an extra fold of skin on their eyelids to keep out the sand.• She with his quick sketch of her as Madonna ascending in folds upon modest folds of garments.• She opened the note in her hand, sighing with great impatience at its folds.• A little fold of the veil can be drawn aside to disclose his mood at that time.• Cut the paper along the fold.• He hid the knife in the folds of his robe.• But if past success is any guide, another Nasdaq company will join the fold before long.• She lay there in the narrow bed, her chin resting on the fold of the sheet.• Nuadu thought that a glitter of amusement showed from within the folds of the hood.• In addition to the ordinary vocal cords, the cat possesses a second pair of structures called vestibular folds, or false vocal cords.hung in ... folds• The rain had soaked into his cloak as he slept, and it hung in heavy damp folds on his shoulders.-fold /fəʊld $ foʊld/ suffix 1  [in adjectives]TYPE of a particular number of kinds 由…部分组成的 The government’s role in health care is twofold: first, to provide the resources and, second, to make them work better for patients. 政府在医疗保健方面的作用有两个: 一是提供资源，二是使资源更好地为患者服务。2  [in adverbs]INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNT a particular number of times …倍 The value of the house has increased fourfold (=it is now worth four times as much as before). 房价涨到了原来的四倍。From Longman Business Dictionaryfoldfold /fəʊldfoʊld/ (also fold up) verb [intransitive]ECONOMICS if a business folds or folds up, it stops operating or trading because it does not have enough money to continueThe U.K. engineering firm has folded today with the loss of 30 jobs.His jewellery importing business folded in less than a year.As the recession deepened, the company folded up. → fold something into something→ See Verb table-fold-fold /fəʊldfoʊld/ suffix a particular number of timesThe value of the house has increased fourfold in the last ten years (=it is now worth four times as much as it was ten years ago).Origin -fold Old English -feald fold1 Old English fealdan fold2 1. (1200-1300) → FOLD12. Old English falod

fold1 verbfold2 noun-fold suffixChinese  

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fold¹ W3 /fəʊld $ foʊld/ verb1.  BEND  [transitive] to bend a piece of paper, cloth etc by laying or pressing one part over another:
    Fold the paper along the dotted line.
    It’ll fit in if you fold it in half.
    fold something over/under/down etc
    Spoon the filling onto the dough, fold it over, and press down the edges.
2.  SMALLER/NEATER  [transitive] (also fold up) to fold something several times so that it makes a small neat shape ⇨ unfold:
    I wish you kids would fold up your clothes!
    He folded the map neatly.
3.  FURNITURE ETC  [intransitive and transitive] if something such as a piece of furniture folds, or you fold it, you make it smaller or move it to a different position by bending it:
    The chairs fold flat for storage.
    fold (something) away/up/down etc
    a useful little bed that folds away when you don’t need it
    Can you fold the shutters back? ⇨ folding
4. fold your arms to bend your arms so that they rest together against your body:
    George stood silently with his arms folded.
5.  BUSINESS  [intransitive] (also fold up) if an organization folds, it closes because it does not have enough money to continue
6.  COVER  [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to cover something, especially by wrapping it in material or putting your hand over it
    fold something in something
    a silver dagger folded in a piece of white cloth
7. fold somebody in your arms literary to hold someone closely by putting your arms around them
fold something ↔ in (also fold something into something) phrasal verb
  to gently mix another substance into a mixture when you are preparing food:
    Next, fold in the sugar.

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fold² noun [countable]1.  LINE a line made in paper or material when you fold one part of it over another:
    Bend back the card and cut along the fold.
2.  SKIN/MATERIAL  [usually plural] the folds in material, skin etc are the loose parts that hang over other parts of it:
    Her dress hung in soft folds.
3. the fold the group of people that you belong to and share the same beliefs and ideas as
    return to/come back into the fold
    The Church will welcome him back into the fold.
    stray from/leave the fold
    a former advocate of free market economics who had strayed from the fold
4.  SHEEP a small area of a field surrounded by a wall or fence where sheep are kept for safety
   SYN  pen ⇨ corral
5.  ROCK technical a bend in layers of rock, caused by underground movements in the earth