foil

英 [fɔɪl] 美 [fɔɪl]

• n. 钝头剑；箔；陪衬物；（击剑运动用的）花剑
• vt. 挫败；击退；阻挠

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]箔,金属薄片

   metal rolled or hammered into a very thin flexible sheet

2. [C]陪衬,衬托

   person or thing that contrasts with, and so emphasizes, the qualities or another

v. (动词)

1. vt. 挫败,受挫折

   prevent from succeeding; frustrate

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 钝头剑，花剑，轻剑
2. 箔，银箔；食品包装箔；金属薄片
3. 陪衬物；陪衬者
4. 花剑剑术，花剑运动；击剑比赛
5. 鬣兽逃跑的足迹，猎兽的足迹
6. 箔纸（覆有箔的纸）
7. 衬托，衬底

v. 动词

1. 挫败，击退，打败，使失败
2. 阻止，阻扰
3. 使受挫折
4. 【猎】搞乱，搅乱
5. 在...上贴箔，铺箔于
6. 挡开（对方的剑头）
7. 打破（计谋）
8. 用...陪衬，衬托
9. 【建】给...加上叶形饰
10. 使成泡影

英英释义

Noun:

1. a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal;

   "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"
   

2. anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities;

   "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"
   

3. a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through;

   "the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils"
   

4. picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector

5. a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button

Verb:

1. enhance by contrast;

   "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"
   

2. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of;

   "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"
   "foil your opponent"
   

3. cover or back with foil;

   "foil mirrors"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The foil is a thrusting weapon with no cutting edge.
   花剑，没有劈杀用的剑刀，是刺戳用兵器。
2. Our foil packets seal the flavour in.
   我们用锡纸包装以保持原味。
3. Aluminum foil can be used for wrapping food.
   铝箔用于包装食物。
4. This box of chocolate was wrapped round with foil.
   这盒巧克力用箔纸包着。
5. In the play, a wicked old uncle acts as a foil to the noble young prince.
   在剧中,邪恶年老的叔父为高尚年轻的王子扮演陪衬者的角色。
6. In foil and saber,only the attacking fencer can score a point.
   在花剑和佩剑比赛中，只有进攻方才能得分。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Only confident, people will never foil.
   只要有信心，人永远不会挫败。
2. Mr. Wang foiled their plans of inventing a new machine.
   王先生否决了他们关于发明新机器的计划。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Milk bottle tops are made of tin foil.
   牛奶瓶盖是锡箔做的。
2. In the play, a wicked old uncle acts as a foil to the noble young prince.
   在剧中,一个坏心肠的老叔父为一高贵的年轻王子作衬托。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. We foiled his attempt to escape.
   我们挫败了他逃跑的企图。
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2. The thief was foiled in his attempt to enter the house.
   小偷进屋的企图未能得逞。

经典引文

• To take the foil off the roasting capon and put it higher in the gas-oven.

  出自： K. Amis

• Never had the..Emperor So great a foil by any foreign foe.

  出自： C. Marlowe

• It may give a man many a..foil and many a disheartening blow.

  出自： R. South

• King Richard..caused the ensignes of Leopold..to be puld downe, and foiled under foot.

  出自： R. Knolles

词汇搭配

• gold foil 金箔
• tin foil 锡纸
• silver foil [冶]银箔
• aluminium foil 铝箔
• jet foil 喷流水翼船
• gold leaf 金叶
• foil sampler 环刀取样器
• foil gauge 应变片
• foil guard 花剑护手盘
• aluminum foil 铝箔
• platinum foil 铂箔
• laminated foil 层压薄片,复合箔...
• brass foil 黄铜箔
• foil fuse 箔保险丝
• thin foil 薄箔
• foil mill 箔材轧机
• zinc foil 锌箔
• nickel foil 镍箔
• foil gage 应变片
• fencing foil [剑术]钝头剑...

词义辨析

v. (动词)

foil, baffle, balk, frustrate, outwit, thwart

• 这组词都可指使某人的计划、企图、希望等落于失败。它们之间的区别是:frustrate指使某人为实现自己的愿望或为达到目的所付出的一切努力付之东流; thwart指插在中间阻挠或挫败对方的意图; foil强调打破对方的计划,使其难以继续下去; baffle指用使人困惑的方法阻碍某人的计划得以实现; balk指靠设障碍来使某人的计划无法实施; outwit指靠机智胜过某人。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的fueille，意为一叶。

近反义词

【近义词】

• frustrate