folk

◎ 单词释义

n.人们；（某类或来自某个地方的）人；双亲；大伙儿；民间音乐

adj.民间的

名词复数: folk

人们，世人

亲属，家属，亲戚

各位，大伙儿

民间音乐

爹妈，双亲，父母

普通百姓，广大成员，人民

民族，种族

正派的人们

adj.(形容词)

民间的

流传民间的

普通百姓的，民众的

通俗的

民俗的

相传的

n.(名词)

[C]人们 people in general

[P]大伙儿,各位 people

[P]亲属,父母 members of one's own family; parents

adj.(形容词)

[A]民间的,普通平民的 traditional to the people of a country

noun

1. the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community

Synonym: folk musicethnic music

2. people in general (often used in the plural)

e.g. they're just country folk
folks around here drink moonshine
the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next

Synonym: folkscommon people

3. people descended from a common ancestor

e.g. his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower

Synonym: familyfamily linekinfolkkinsfolkseptphratry

4. a social division of (usually preliterate) people

Synonym: tribe

Folk can also be used as the plural form for meaning 1. 义项1的复数形式亦可用 folk。

1. 人们;大家
You can refer to people as folk or folks .

e.g. Country folk can tell you that there are certain places which animals avoid...
老乡会告诉你有些地方动物是不会去的。
e.g. These are the folks from the local TV station.
这些是当地电视台来的人。

2. 亲人;家人;(尤指)双亲
You can refer to your close family, especially your mother and father, as your folks .

e.g. I've been avoiding my folks lately.
我近来一直在避开家人。

3. (与人交谈时的称呼)大伙儿，诸位
You can use folks as a term of address when you are talking to several people.

e.g. 'It's a question of money, folks,' I announced...
“诸位，这是一个钱的问题，”我郑重其事地说。
e.g. This is it, folks: the best record guide in the business.
就是这个，伙计们，业内最好的唱片指南。

4. (艺术或习俗)大众的，民俗的
Folk art and customs are traditional or typical of a particular community or nation.

e.g. ...South American folk art.
南美洲的民间艺术
e.g. ...traditional Chinese folk medicine.
传统的中国民间医术

5. (音乐)大众的，民间的
Folk music is music which is traditional or typical of a particular community or nation.

e.g. ...Irish folk music.
爱尔兰民间音乐


6. 大众的;普通百姓的
Folk can be used to describe something that relates to the beliefs and opinions of ordinary people.

e.g. Jack was a folk hero in the Greenwich Village bars...
在格林尼治村的酒吧里杰克是人们心目中的英雄。
e.g. Folk psychology comes closer to the obvious truth than the most sophisticated theories.
比起最复杂的理论，大众心理学更接近那些显而易见的事实。

1.

1. 民族：l }l(Pn)格利高里夫人(Lady Augusta Gregory)在结识叶芝之初,就注意到了这位胸怀远大的年轻诗期的民族斗争,有着如此悠久的文学传统,富于如此不羁的民族(folk)想象,只要她的文学还是民族的,

n.(名词)

folk用作名词的基本意思是“人们”,指某一种族、民族或具有某种共同生活方式的普通村民; 是集合名词,美式英语中常在词尾加-s,而英式英语多不加,常与复数谓语动词连用。

folk在口语中,还可作 “家属,亲属”解,尤指“父母”,常用复数形式。

folk有时也用于对对方的亲切称呼,一般用复数形式。

folk还可作“民谣”解,不可数。

☆ 直接源自古英语的folc，意为人们。

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