- [countable]
a person who you think behaves or speaks in a way that lacks intelligence or good judgement 蠢人；傻瓜 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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb2Like 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！
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- great
- silly
- …
- feel
- feel like
- look
- …
- like a fool
- fool of a something
- act the fool
- play the fool
- be no fool
- …
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(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
- [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
see also April Fool
Word Originnoun 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） Extra ExamplesStop 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…
be no/nobody’s fool
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 cheatcheat- fool
- deceive
- betray
- take in
- trick
- con
- 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。
- 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。
- 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.
- 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
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
(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。