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foil
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
foils; foiled; foiling
foils; foiled; foiling
Learner's definition of FOIL
[+ object]
1
: to prevent (someone) from doing something or achieving a goal : defeat挫败，阻止（某人） — often used as (be) foiled常用作(be) foiled
- Police managed to foil the burglars.警方成功阻截了窃贼。
- He was foiled by his opponents once again.他又一次成了对手的手下败将。
- She was foiled by her own indecision.她败在了自己的优柔寡断上。
2
: to prevent (something) from happening or being successful阻止，阻挠（某事）
- Police foiled an attempted robbery.警方阻截了一次有计划的抢劫。
- Her accident foiled her dreams of becoming a dancer.她遭遇的意外事故粉碎了她当舞蹈家的梦想。
2 foil /ˈfojəl/ noun
plural foils
2 foil
/ˈfojəl/
noun
plural foils
Learner's definition of FOIL
1
[noncount] : a very thin and light sheet of metal箔 — see also silver foil, tinfoil
- Cover the dish with aluminum foil.用铝箔把菜盖好。
- kitchen foil [=foil used to wrap or cover food]用来包裹食物的厨用箔纸
- candy wrapped in foil箔纸包装的糖果
2
[count] : someone or something that is different from another person or thing in a useful or appealing way陪衬 — usually + for or to
- He acted as a foil for the comedian. [=he acted very serious to make the comedian seem funnier]他给那位喜剧演员做陪衬。
- That dark blue dress is good foil for her blonde hair.深蓝色的连衣裙完美地烘托出她金色的头发。
- His reserved manner was a perfect foil for/to her bubbly personality.他内敛的举止使她活泼热情的性格更显突出。
3
[count] : a sword that has a light, thin blade and that is used in the sport of fencing（击剑运动用的）花剑
foiled; foiling; foils
foiled; foiling; foils
Word History
Etymology
Verb (1)
Middle English foilen "to trample, tread upon, mortify (the flesh), oppress," alteration of fullen "to full (cloth), trample down, oppress," perhaps by analogy with loanwords from French with palatal l that result in variants with -oi- and -u-, as coilen, cullen "to select for quality, pick out, cull entry 1" — more at full entry 5
Noun (1)
Middle English, leaf, from Anglo-French fuille, foille (from Latin folia, plural of folium) & fuil, from Latin folium — more at blade
Noun (2)
origin unknown
Noun (3)
derivative of foil entry 1
First Known Use
Verb (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (2)
1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (3)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of foil was in the 14th century Phrases Containing foil
noun¹
noun²
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