folly如何读

英:[ˈfɒli]

美:[ˈfɑli]

folly是什么意思

n. (名词)
  1. 愚蠢
  2. 愚笨
  3. 愚行
  4. 傻念头
  5. 蠢事
  6. 造价高而无用的怪异建筑物
  7. 愚蠢的想法
  8. 装饰性建筑
  9. 罪恶
  10. 放荡
  11. 花费巨大而无益的事
  12. 华而不实的大建筑
  13. 时事讽刺剧
  14. 荒唐事
  15. [复]轻松歌舞剧
  16. 讽刺剧

folly自然拼读

fol·ly

fa li

folly变形

复数:follies

folly英英释义

noun

lack of good sense or normal prudence and foresight

his folly in thinking he could not be caught

criminally or tragically foolish actions or conduct

obsolete evil, wickednessespecially: lewd behavior

a foolish act or idea

The prank was a youthful folly.

an excessively costly or unprofitable undertaking

Paying so much for that land was folly, since it was all rocks and scrub trees.

an often extravagant picturesque building erected to suit a fanciful taste

folly词源中文解释

13世纪初,“精神上的弱点; 愚蠢的行为或性格; 不明智的行为”(在中古英语中包括邪恶、淫荡、疯狂),来自古法语 folie “愚蠢、疯狂、愚蠢”,来自 fol(见 fool(n.))。从公元1300年左右开始,“愚蠢的例子”; 被认为在建筑者身上显示愚蠢的“昂贵结构”的意义可追溯至1650年代。但早在中古英语时期,就在地名中广泛使用,特别是乡村庄园,可能是古法语 folie 的一种形式,意思是“快乐”。相关: Follies。

folly词源英文解释

Middle English folie, from Anglo-French, from fol fool

The first known use of folly was in the 13th century

folly儿童词典英英释义

fondadjective

having a liking or love

fond of music

loving, affectionate

a fond farewell

cherished with great affection

their fondest hopes

fomentverb

to stir up : rouse, instigate

foment rebellion

fomentationnoun

a warm or hot moist material applied to the body to ease pain

the act of fomenting : instigation

fomentverb

to stir up : rouse, instigate

foment rebellion

follynoun

lack of good sense or judgment

foolish behavior

a foolish act or idea

folly 例句

1 His rage, his folly, his madness, would be apparent to everyone.

2 If it were not so, the wickedness of the powerful or the folly of the wise would long ago have sought to change what cannot be changed, and Equilibrium would fail.

3 Anyway, he had this view of things—that most human activity was utter folly, his own included, and that his existence in the world made others nervous.

4 Because when I think about it, I was also built from delusional optimism and folly.

5 "Mummers use them in their follies, to give the heroes something to fight."

6 He has bitterly repented his folly.

他痛悔自己的愚行.

7 It would not have been so bad if the average individual were not torn between the enormity of the charge, if true, and its sensational folly, if false.

8 My life is like a memento mori painting from European art: there is always a grinning skull at my side to remind me of the folly of human ambi­tion.

9 It had been so long, it seemed folly to cling to the hope that Ben Stark was still alive, but Jon Snow was nothing if not stubborn.

10 But the queen in her knew that would be folly.

11 “Do you mean that in the whole world there’s only evil and folly?”

12 Moreover, Siddhartha’s sympathy and curiosity lay only with people, whose work, troubles, pleasures and follies were more unknown and remote from him than the moon.

13 “What folly! to bathe at such an hour in such heat!” exclaimed Mr. Pontellier.

14 But that would be shocking folly, as he well knew.

15 “It is still not too late to abandon this folly,” Gerris said, as they made their way down a foetid alley toward the old spice market.

16 By then Sansa was calm again, and ashamed for her folly.

17 “Alas, it is over and done with! Love is nothing but folly,” she cried.

18 But vanity, not love, has been my folly.

然而我的愚蠢,并不是在恋爱方面,而是有虚荣心方面。

19 I guess it’s safe to admit now that at its genesis and at several points along the way this whole undertaking seemed potentially an act of folly.

20 I will show them the folly of their ways!

folly 同义词

3 愚蠢

gullish thick-brained soft-witted unideaed fat-witted simple thick stupid mad fool silly dumb nonsense absurd vacant foolish dizzy childish goofy mindless jerky frivolous unwise nonsensical cuckoo inept balmy crass ill-advised inane moronic half-baked sappy brutish imbecile spastic brainless light-headed brain-dead witless dotty fatuous dippy lumpish imbecilic klutzy pointy-headed gormless dopey doltish footling dimwitted sottish featherbrained fuzzy-headed crackbrained feebleminded cockamamie thickheaded soft-headed anserine gawkish tomfool pinheaded shallow-minded wooden-headed stockish rattlebrained featherheaded birdbrained puddingheaded stockishly stupidly foolishly unwisely senselessly idiotically fatuously inanely sillily gawkily babyism stockishness meshugaas moronity stupidity absurdity silliness ineptitude dumbo inanity imbecility dumbness unwisdom fatuity dulness jackassery moronism boobery wild dense insane ludicrous senseless daft preposterous asinine barmy puerile dozy empty-headed hare-brained apish feather-brained crack-brained vacuity puerility out of senses not know arse from elbow lunacy crazy dim potty obtuse kooky loopy vapid duff daffy boneheaded dumb-ass half-witted fat-headed dimly mindlessly moronically thickness foolishness idiocy dimness senselessness denseness obtuseness stupidness clueless damfool gaga dull opaque brute vacuous simple-minded ditzy soppy insensate muddle-headed spoony blockish density half-arsed soft ridiculous clownish off your trolley anserous joebernowl bat-blind bat-eyed mini-minded idiotical shallow-brained shallow-headed shallow-pated empty vain bullish nutty idiotic flighty unintelligent batty lumpen dull-witted cock-eyed slaphappy chuckleheaded unadvised spooney coocoo glaikit fondly asininity piss-ass doiled wet dope inert cranky loon zany nitty loony vagabond drippy Dotty harebrained cockeyed foppish Boeotian goosey simpleminded softheaded goaty muddleheaded hairbrained unwitty reasonless clotty clottish madly narreshkeit cock ridicule fondness gammon doofus div daffiness desipience stumer a hole in the head

4 愚蠢之事

cockamamy

6 蠢举

tomfoolery foolery

7 时事讽刺剧

revue follies

8 愚蠢的行为

nonsense foolery a mug's game

11 荒唐事

tommyrot

12 蠢行

idiocy

14 愚蠢的想法

hogwash guff hokum

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