folks

英 [fəʊks]

美 [foʊks]

n.  人们; 各位; 大伙儿; 亲属; 家属; (尤指)爹妈
folk的复数

柯林斯词典

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


• N-PLURAL 人们;大家
  You can refer to people asfolkorfolks.
  1. 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。
  2. These are the folks from the local TV station.
     这些是当地电视台来的人。
  3. ...old folks.
     老年人
• N-PLURAL 亲人;家人;(尤指)双亲
  You can refer to your close family, especially your mother and father, as yourfolks.
  1. I've been avoiding my folks lately.
     我近来一直在避开家人。
• N-VOC (与人交谈时的称呼)大伙儿，诸位
  You can usefolksas a term of address when you are talking to several people.
  1. '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。
  2. 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。
• ADJ (艺术或习俗)大众的，民俗的
  Folkart and customs are traditional or typical of a particular community or nation.
  1. ...South American folk art.
     南美洲的民间艺术
  2. ...traditional Chinese folk medicine.
     传统的中国民间医术
• ADJ (音乐)大众的，民间的
  Folkmusic is music which is traditional or typical of a particular community or nation.
  1. ...Irish folk music.
     爱尔兰民间音乐
  2. Folkis also a noun.
     
  3. ...a variety of music including classical, jazz, and folk.
     包括古典、爵士和民间音乐的各种音乐
• ADJ 大众的;普通百姓的
  Folkcan be used to describe something that relates to the beliefs and opinions of ordinary people.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• people in general (often used in the plural)
  1. they're just country folk
  2. folks around here drink moonshine
  3. the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next
  Synonym:folkcommon people
• your parents
  1. he wrote to his folks every day

双语例句

• When peaceful folks find out you're a detective they think you're different from other people.
  如果安分守己的人晓得了你是个侦探，便会认为你和旁人不同。
• Folks, this is a bittersweet time for me.
  伙计们，这对我是个又苦又甜的时刻。
• Have you noticed what characteristics these folks have in common?
  你发现了这些人的性格的共同之处了吗？
• I need you to remind these folks who they work for.
  我需要你们提醒这些人在为谁而工作。
• In23 years of broadcasting I thought I'd seen it all, folks.
  我播音23年了，我以为见多识广。
• What happened? You have a fight with your folks?
  发生了什么事？你跟爸妈吵架了吗？
• What we got to say about folks who lost their ticket?
  我们对那些丢了票的人要怎么说？
• He's come back to the village to see us folks.
  他回村看望乡亲们来了。
• I am going home to see my folks.
  我打算回家看望我的父母。
• These folks clearly take this ballroom thing very seriously.
  这些家伙显然很拿舞厅这事当回事。