vt.包；折叠；交叉；拥抱

vi.翻倍；屈服；倒闭

n.折层；折痕

Dark clouds folded the hills. 乌云笼罩着群山。

I folded the handkerchief and put it in my pocket. 我折好手绢，放进口袋里。

The border guard folded his arms across his chest and glared the front. 边防战士双手交叉于胸前紧紧瞪着前方。

if a business folds, it closes because it is not able to make enough money. 如果有公司倒闭关门,那是因为它没办法赚取足够的钱。

fold的基本意思是“折叠”,可指对折,也可指交叠,引申可表示“包围,包起,笼罩”。

fold用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构; 也可接副词away, up或介词in, around, into 等短语作宾语补足语, fold也可用作不及物动词,这时主动形式常含有被动意义。

fold偶尔可用作系动词接形容词作表语。

fold的过去分词folded常用作形容词,在句中作定语。

fold还可用作名词表示“羊栏,畜栏”“褶”。例如:It is not too late to mend the fold even after some of the sheep have been lost.亡羊补牢,犹未为晚。The sheep are safe in the sheepfold.羊在羊栏里很安全。The eyelid is a movable fold of skin that smoothes out when covered over the eye.眼睑是可动的皮褶,当它垂下盖住眼睛时,褶就平了。Each fold in the skirt should be exactly the same width.裙子上的每条褶应该都一样宽。