fool

noun

/fuːl/

Idioms

[countable] a person who you think behaves or speaks in a way that lacks intelligence or good judgement蠢人；傻瓜 synonym idiot
- Don't be such a fool!别这么傻了！
- I felt a fool when I realized my mistake.我意识到了自己的错误，觉得自己是个傻瓜。
- He told me he was an actor and I was fool enough to believe him.他告诉我他是演员，而我真傻，竟相信了他的话。
- Like a fool, I told her everything.我像傻瓜一样把一切都告诉她了。
- Stop behaving like a fool!不要再像个傻瓜一样了！
- That fool of a doctor has prescribed me the wrong medicine!那个笨医生给我开错药了！
- The poor old fool was imprisoned on my account.这个不幸的老傻瓜因为我的原因入狱了。
- They had left me looking like a fool.他们让我看起来像个傻子一样。
- You silly little fool!你这个小笨蛋！
- You're an even bigger fool than I thought.你甚至比我想象的还傻。
- You must take me for a fool!你一定把我当成傻瓜了！
Topics Personal qualitiesb2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- great
- silly
- …
verb + fool
- feel
- feel like
- look
- …
preposition
- like a fool
- fool of a something
phrases
- act the fool
- play the fool
- be no fool
- …
[countable] (in the past) a man employed by a king or queen to entertain people by telling jokes, singing songs, etc.（旧时国王或王后豢养供人娱乐的）小丑，弄臣
- court fools who used to provide entertainment in the royal court旧时在皇宫里逗乐的宫廷小丑
synonym jester
[uncountable, countable] (British English) (usually in compounds通常构成复合词) a cold light dessert (= a sweet dish) made from fruit that is cooked to make it soft and mixed with cream or custard奶油果泥，蛋奶果泥（甜食）
- rhubarb fool奶油大黄泥
Topics Foodc2

see also April Fool

词源noun senses 1 to 2 Middle English: from Old French fol ‘fool, foolish’, from Latin follis ‘bellows, windbag’, by extension ‘empty-headed person’. noun sense 3 late 16th cent.: perhaps from fool ‘foolish’.

Idioms

act/play the fool

to behave in a stupid way in order to make people laugh, especially in a way that may also annoy them装傻，扮丑相（以逗人笑，但往往惹人恼怒）
- Quit playing the fool and get some work done!别再装傻了，干点实事吧！
- Stop acting the fool and be serious!别再像傻瓜一样，严肃点儿！
- He thought that being an actor only involved tap dancing and playing the fool.他认为当演员就是跳踢踏舞和装傻逗乐就行了。

any fool can/could…

(informal) used to say that something is very easy to do任何人都能；容易得很
- Any fool could tell she was lying.任何人都可以看出她在撒谎。

be no/nobody’s fool

to be too intelligent or know too much about something to be tricked by other people精明机智；不易上当
- She's nobody's fool when it comes to dealing with difficult patients.她对付难缠的病人很有办法。
- She's nobody's fool. She had the car checked by a mechanic before buying it.她才不会受骗呢，买车之前就找机修工检查过了。

a fool and his money are soon parted

(saying) a person who is not sensible usually spends money too quickly or carelessly, or is cheated by others傻瓜口袋漏，有钱留不住；蠢人不积财

fools rush in (where angels fear to tread)

(saying) people with little experience try to do the difficult or dangerous things that more experienced people would not consider doing（智者却步处）愚者独敢闯

make a fool of somebody

to say or do something deliberately so that people will think that somebody is stupid愚弄某人
- Can't you see she's making a fool of you?难道你不明白她是在愚弄你？
- I will not be made a fool of like this.我不会像这样被愚弄。
- She was angry at having been made a fool of.她因为被愚弄而感到生气。
Synonyms cheat
cheat
- fool
- deceive
- betray
- take in
- trick
- con
These words all mean to make somebody believe something that is not true, especially in order to get what you want.
- cheat to make somebody believe something that is not true, in order to get money or something else from them:
  She is accused of attempting to cheat the taxman.她被指控企图蒙骗税务员。
  He cheated his way into the job.他骗取了这份工作。
  Cheat also means to act in a dishonest way in order to gain an advantage, especially in a game, competition or exam: You’re not allowed to look at the answers— that’s cheating.
- fool to make somebody believe something that is not true, especially in order to laugh at them or to get what you want:
  Just don’t be fooled into investing any money with them.别上当受骗，同他们一起搞什么投资。
- deceive to make somebody believe something that is not true, especially somebody who trusts you, in order to get what you want:
  She deceived him into handing over all his savings.她把他所有的积蓄都骗走了。
- betray to hurt somebody who trusts you, especially by lying to or about them or telling their secrets to other people:
  She felt betrayed when she found out the truth about him.她发现他的真实情况时，感到受了欺骗。
- take somebody in [often passive] to make somebody believe something that is not true, usually in order to get what you want:
  I was taken in by her story.我被她的花言巧语蒙骗了。
- trick to make somebody believe something that is not true, especially in a clever way, in order to get what you want.
- con (informal) to make somebody believe something that is not true, especially in order to get money from them or get them to do something for you:
  They had been conned out of £100 000.他们被骗走了 10 万英镑。
which word?
- Many of these words involve making somebody believe something that is not true, but some of them are more disapproving than others. Deceive is probably the worst because people typically deceive friends, relations and others who know and trust them. People may feel cheated/betrayed by somebody in authority who they trusted to look after their interests. If somebody takes you in, they may do it by acting a part and using words and charm effectively. If somebody cheats/fools/tricks/cons you, they may get something from you and make you feel stupid. However, somebody might fool you just as a joke; and to trick somebody is sometimes seen as a clever thing to do, if the person being tricked is seen as a bad person who deserves it.
Patterns
- to cheat/fool/trick/con somebody out of something
- to cheat/fool/deceive/betray/trick/con somebody into doing something
- to feel cheated/fooled/deceived/betrayed/tricked/conned
- to fool/deceive yourself
- to cheat/trick/con your way into something

make a fool of yourself

to do something stupid that makes other people think that you are a fool出丑
- I made a complete fool of myself in front of everyone!我当众出了大丑了！

more fool somebody (for doing something)

(informal) used to say that you think that somebody was stupid to do something, especially when it causes them problems蠢极了；犯傻
- ‘He's not an easy person to live with.’ ‘More fool her for marrying him!’“和他共同生活很难。” “她和他结婚真傻！”
- ‘I know I shouldn’t have given him the money, but I did.’ ‘More fool you!’我知道我不应该给他钱，但我给了。“你这个傻瓜！
- I thought it was safe to leave my suitcase there. More fool me.我还以为把我的手提箱放在那儿是很安全的，我真是太傻了。

(there’s) no fool like an old fool

(saying) an older person who behaves in a stupid way is worse than a younger person who does the same thing, because experience should have taught him or her not to do it糊涂莫过老糊涂；老糊涂最糊涂

not suffer fools gladly

to be very impatient with people that you think are stupid不愿迁就笨人；不能容忍愚蠢者
- She was a forceful personality who didn't suffer fools gladly.她是一个坚强的人，不会轻易忍受傻瓜。

fool

verb

/fuːl/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they fool	/fuːl/ /fuːl/
he / she / it fools	/fuːlz/ /fuːlz/
past simple fooled	/fuːld/ /fuːld/
past participle fooled	/fuːld/ /fuːld/
-ing form fooling	/ˈfuːlɪŋ/ /ˈfuːlɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

[transitive] to trick somebody into believing something that is not true欺骗；愚弄
- fool somebody You don't fool me!不要骗我！
- She certainly had me fooled—I really believed her!她确实把我骗了，我真的相信了她的话！
- fool yourself You're fooling yourself if you think none of this will affect you.你要是认为此事一点也不会影响你，那就是欺骗自己。
- fool somebody into doing something Don't be fooled into thinking they're going to change anything.别上当受骗，以为他们打算作出任何改变。
- She's not easily fooled.她不会轻易被人愚弄。
- Ha! Fooled you! You really thought I was going to jump, didn't you?哈！你被骗了！你真以为我要跳，是不是？
- She had me completely fooled for a moment.她一时间完全骗倒了我。
- You can't fool me with all that nonsense!你那些无稽之谈骗不了我！
- I'm not easily fooled by anyone, least of all you.我才不会轻易就被人愚弄呢，更别说你了！
- He fooled them into thinking he was a detective.他骗了他们，让他们以为他是个侦探。
- Just don't be fooled into investing any money with them.别上当受骗，同他们一起搞什么投资。
Topics Personal qualitiesb1
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- completely
- easily
verb + fool
- cannot
- try to
preposition
- into
- with
phrases
- have somebody fooled
[intransitive] to say or do stupid or silly things, often in order to make people laugh说蠢话，干傻事（常为逗乐）
- fool (about/around) Stop fooling around and sit down!别干傻事了，坐下来！
- fool about/around with something If you fool about with matches, you'll end up getting burned.如果你玩火柴，最后可能烧到自己。

词源verb Middle English: from Old French fol ‘fool, foolish’, from Latin follis ‘bellows, windbag’, by extension ‘empty-headed person’.

Idioms

you could have fooled me

(informal) used to say that you do not believe something that somebody has just told you（表示不相信别人的话）休想骗我，说得像真的一样
- ‘I'm trying as hard as I can!’ ‘You could have fooled me!’“我要尽力而为！” “说得像真的似的！”