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fool
10 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural fools
plural fools
Learner's definition of FOOL
[count]
1
: a person who lacks good sense or judgment : a stupid or silly person傻瓜；笨蛋；蠢人
- those fools who ride motorcycles without wearing helmets那些骑摩托车不戴头盔的傻瓜
- Only a fool would ask such a silly question.只有笨蛋才会问这么愚蠢的问题。
- You'd be a fool to believe what he tells you.要是相信他告诉你的话，你就是个傻瓜。
- You're making yourself look like a fool.你让自己看上去像个傻瓜。
- A fool and his money are soon parted. [=a foolish person spends money too quickly on unimportant things]蠢人不积财。
- Any fool can see [=anyone can see] that he's lying.傻子都能看出来他在撒谎。
- I never thought you'd be fool enough to believe him. = I never thought you'd be enough of a fool to believe him.我完全没想到你竟然会傻到去相信他。
- (informal) Only that fool of a brother [=that foolish brother] of yours would ask such a silly question!只有你那个笨蛋兄弟才会问这么愚蠢的问题！
- (informal) Some (damn/damned) fool of a driver kept trying to pass me!有个（该死的）笨蛋司机一直想超我的车！
- Fools rush in (where angels fear to tread ). [=it is foolish to take action if you do not know much about what you are doing]（智者三思之事）愚人急不可待。
- (Brit, informal) (The ) more fool you if you believe him. = (The) more fool you for believing him. [=you would be a fool to believe him]如果你相信他，那你就太蠢了。
- (Brit, informal) More fool him for trusting her.他信任她真是犯傻。
- There's no fool like an old fool. [=a foolish old person is especially foolish because an old person should have learned from experience not to make the kind of mistakes a young person makes]糊涂莫过老糊涂。
◊ A smart or clever person can be described as no fool or as nobody's fool.并不傻；精明
- He may not look very smart, but he's no fool.他可能看起来不是很精明，但他并不傻。
- Don't try to trick her—she's nobody's fool.别想骗她——她可不傻。
2
US, informal : a person who enjoys something very much（对某物）有癖好的人；…迷
- He's a dancing fool. [=he loves to dance]他是个舞迷。
- He's a fool for candy. [=he loves to eat candy]他特别爱吃糖果。
3
chiefly British : a dessert made with cooked fruit and cream or a thick sauce奶油果子泥
- a strawberry fool奶油草莓泥
4
: jester
act/play the fool
: to behave in a silly or foolish way装傻；做傻事
- If you keep playing the fool by asking silly questions, people won't take you seriously.如果你老是装傻，问些愚蠢的问题，大家就不会拿你当回事。
make a fool of yourself
: to behave in a very foolish or silly way出丑
- He got drunk at the party and made a fool of himself.他在聚会上喝醉了，出了大丑。
- He's making a fool of himself over that woman.他在那位女士面前丢人现眼了。
make a fool (out) of
: to cause (someone) to look stupid or foolish愚弄（某人）
- She made a fool of me by insulting me in front of my friends.她当着我朋友的面侮辱我，让我出丑。
— see also april fools' day
2 fool /ˈfuːl/ verb
fools; fooled; fooling
2 fool
/ˈfuːl/
verb
fools; fooled; fooling
Learner's definition of FOOL
2
[+ object] : to make (someone) believe something that is not true : to trick (someone)愚弄，欺骗（某人） — often + into — sometimes used figuratively有时用作比喻
- His disguise didn't fool anybody.他的伪装没能欺骗到任何人。
- “He's an expert in his field.” “Well, you sure could have fooled me!” [=I doubt that he is really an expert in his field]他是他那个领域的专家。”“得了，别骗我了！”
- He really had me fooled.他真把我给骗了。
- Stop fooling yourself —she doesn't really love you.别自欺欺人了——她不是真心爱你的。
- He fooled me into thinking I could trust him.他欺骗了我，让我以为他值得信赖。
- We were fooled into thinking there was no danger.我们都被骗了，以为没有危险。
- fool the eye into seeing colors that aren't there使眼睛看花，看到了根本就不存在的五颜六色
fool around
[phrasal verb] informal also British fool about 1
: to do things that are not useful or serious : to waste time闲荡；游手好闲；虚度光阴
- We fooled around [=messed around] outdoors for a while, but then went inside to get some work done.我们在门外闲逛了一会儿，不过之后进屋干了些活儿。
- He decided it was time to stop fooling around and settle down and get married.他觉得该结束游手好闲的生活，安定下来结婚了。
- Wow, he's already done everything he promised. He doesn't fool around, does he? [=he gets things done quickly]哇，他承诺的事情都做了。他可没闲着，不是吗？
2
: to have sex with someone who is not your husband, wife, or regular partner乱搞男女关系；与异性鬼混 — often + with
- His wife discovered that he was fooling around (on her). [=that he was having sex with another woman]他的妻子发现他在外面（和一个女人）鬼混。
- His wife discovered that he was fooling around with his secretary.他的妻子发现他与秘书有染。
3
fool around/about with (something)
a : to use or do (something) in a way that is not very serious随便用用；随便做做
- I'm not really a painter; I just like to fool around with paints.我不是真正的画家，我只是喜欢随便画画。
b : to handle or play with (something) in a careless or foolish way糊弄；摆弄
- Stop fooling [=fiddling, messing] around with the stereo.别胡乱摆弄立体声音响了。
- Don't fool around with that gun.别乱动那支枪。
fool with
[phrasal verb] informal 1
fool with (something)
a : to handle or play with (something) in a careless way : to fool around with (something)糊弄；摆弄
- Don't fool with [=mess with] that gun.别乱动那支枪。
b : to deal with or be involved with (something that causes or that could cause trouble)处理，牵涉（麻烦事）
- The company doesn't want to fool with [=mess with, be bothered with] small distributors.公司不想为小经销商劳心费神。
2
fool with (someone) : to deal with (someone) in a way that may cause anger or violence招惹，惹恼（某人）
- I wouldn't want to fool with [=mess with] that guy.我不想招惹那家伙。
3 fool /ˈfuːl/ adjective
3 fool
/ˈfuːl/
adjective
Learner's definition of FOOL
always used before a noun US, informal
: foolish
- The dog was barking its fool head off.那条狗傻乎乎地叫个不停。
- Some fool driver kept trying to pass me!有个笨蛋司机一直想超我的车！
2
a
: a retainer (see retainer entry 1 sense 1) formerly kept in great households to provide casual entertainment and commonly dressed in motley with cap, bells, and bauble
fooled; fooling; fools
1
a
: to behave foolishly see also fool around
b
: to meddle, tamper, or experiment especially thoughtlessly or ignorantly see also fool around with
Synonyms
Noun
- berk [British]
- booby
- charlie [British]
- charley
- cuckoo
- ding-a-ling
- dingbat
- ding-dong
- dipstick
- doofus [slang]
- featherhead
- git [British]
- goose
- half-wit
- jackass
- lunatic
- mooncalf
- nincompoop
- ninny
- ninnyhammer
- nit [chiefly British]
- nitwit
- nut
- nutcase
- simp
- simpleton
- turkey
- yo-yo
Adjective
- absurd
- asinine
- balmy
- brainless
- bubbleheaded
- cockeyed
- crackpot
- crazy
- cuckoo
- daffy
- daft
- dippy
- dotty
- fatuous
- featherheaded
- foolish
- half-baked
- half-witted
- harebrained
- inept
- insane
- jerky
- kooky
- kookie
- loony
- looney
- lunatic
- lunkheaded
- mad
- nonsensical
- nutty
- preposterous
- sappy
- screwball
- senseless
- silly
- simpleminded
- stupid
- tomfool
- unwise
- wacky
- whacky
- weak-minded
- witless
- zany
Verb
- bamboozle
- beguile
- bluff
- buffalo
- burn
- catch
- con
- cozen
- deceive
- delude
- dupe
- fake out
- gaff
- gammon
- gull
- have
- have on [chiefly British]
- hoax
- hoodwink
- hornswoggle
- humbug
- juggle
- misguide
- misinform
- mislead
- snooker
- snow
- spoof
- string along
- suck in
- sucker
- take in
- trick
Example Sentences
Noun those fools who ride motorcycles without wearing helmets Only a fool would ask such a silly question. You'd be a fool to believe what he tells you. You're making yourself look like a fool. Adjective The dog was barking its fool head off. Some fool driver kept trying to pass me! Verb When she first told us that she was getting married, we thought she was fooling. His disguise didn't fool anybody. He really had me fooled. Stop fooling yourself—she doesn't really love you. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Jason Gay, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Other suspects considered Köpernick a heartless lover, a wastrel father, a blackmailer, a fool and a creep. Amy Nicholson, Variety, 7 Sep. 2022 Fox plays a major character role — curious, energetic, sometimes a bit of a fool, always entertaining. Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Sep. 2022 In America in 2022, distress was the new gold—or maybe fool’s gold. Lila Maclellan, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2022 But to play amateur shrink—or worse, amateur judge—is a fool’s errand at best and cruel at worst. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 13 Aug. 2022 Only a fool would turn down the opportunity to watch haughty penguins refuse fish offered to them by beleaguered zookeepers, but the endless explaining was exhausting. Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2022 Only a fool thinks the funniest comics are the most popular or that deeply respected ones don’t remain obscure. New York Times, 14 July 2022 Kaiser’s latest turn will do little to dissuade some skeptics, given that the very value of a cryptocurrency rests on what those critics say is finding a greater fool to buy it. Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post, 2 July 2022 Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022 The tech blogger Ben Dickson has argued that GPT-3’s ability to fool readers into believing its output was human-written isn’t proof of its sophistication, but evidence of our impoverished expectations. WIRED, 11 Sep. 2022 The message attempted to fool the person into entering a credit card number to pay to fix the computer. Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022 The point of his original documentary had been broader: to demonstrate that pretty much anyone could fool a doping test. Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Sep. 2022 In their response, the company explained that this was a friendly comment not intended to fool anyone, and Gayle never tried to hide the fact that the song already existed. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2022 The chicken itself is cooked thoroughly, and a shade of brown that may fool consumers into thinking the breading is burnt. Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2022 Our noses are difficult to fool—the number of smells humans can distinguish may be as many as one trillion—so it’s sometimes better not to try. Wired, 2 Aug. 2022 Be wary of those that try to fool us by proclaiming that their AI driving system has an unblemished record. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022 See More
Noun
Mahomes is motivated after a disappointing end to 2021, and only a fool would pick the Chargers to take the division. Jason Gay, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Other suspects considered Köpernick a heartless lover, a wastrel father, a blackmailer, a fool and a creep. Amy Nicholson, Variety, 7 Sep. 2022 Fox plays a major character role — curious, energetic, sometimes a bit of a fool, always entertaining. Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Sep. 2022 In America in 2022, distress was the new gold—or maybe fool’s gold. Lila Maclellan, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2022 But to play amateur shrink—or worse, amateur judge—is a fool’s errand at best and cruel at worst. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 13 Aug. 2022 Only a fool would turn down the opportunity to watch haughty penguins refuse fish offered to them by beleaguered zookeepers, but the endless explaining was exhausting. Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2022 Only a fool thinks the funniest comics are the most popular or that deeply respected ones don’t remain obscure. New York Times, 14 July 2022 Kaiser’s latest turn will do little to dissuade some skeptics, given that the very value of a cryptocurrency rests on what those critics say is finding a greater fool to buy it. Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post, 2 July 2022 Verb
But about $20 billion of those payments went to scammers who posed as prison inmates — or, in one instance, faked being Sen. Dianne Feinstein — to fool state officials into sending them checks. Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022 The tech blogger Ben Dickson has argued that GPT-3’s ability to fool readers into believing its output was human-written isn’t proof of its sophistication, but evidence of our impoverished expectations. WIRED, 11 Sep. 2022 The message attempted to fool the person into entering a credit card number to pay to fix the computer. Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022 The point of his original documentary had been broader: to demonstrate that pretty much anyone could fool a doping test. Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Sep. 2022 In their response, the company explained that this was a friendly comment not intended to fool anyone, and Gayle never tried to hide the fact that the song already existed. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2022 The chicken itself is cooked thoroughly, and a shade of brown that may fool consumers into thinking the breading is burnt. Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2022 Our noses are difficult to fool—the number of smells humans can distinguish may be as many as one trillion—so it’s sometimes better not to try. Wired, 2 Aug. 2022 Be wary of those that try to fool us by proclaiming that their AI driving system has an unblemished record. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun, Adjective, and Verb
Middle English, from Anglo-French fol, from Late Latin follis, from Latin, bellows, bag; akin to Old High German bolla blister, balg bag — more at belly
First Known Use
Noun
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adjective
13th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb
circa 1529, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of fool was in the 13th century Phrases Containing fool
noun
verb
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