1. return to the fold : (出走后)重回老家;
2. fold up : 倒闭, 塌下, 垮掉, 放弃, 撒手;
及物动词
不及物动词
1. 折叠;折起;叠起
If you fold something such as a piece of paper or cloth, you bend it so that one part covers another part, often pressing the edge so that it stays in place.
2. 褶缝;褶痕;折叠线
A fold in a piece of paper or cloth is a bend that you make in it when you put one part of it over another part and press the edge.
3. (布料的)褶皱,褶痕
The folds in a piece of cloth are the curved shapes which are formed when it is not hanging or lying flat.
4. 折叠;折起
If a piece of furniture or equipment folds or if you can fold it, you can make it smaller by bending or closing parts of it.
5. 交叉,交叠(双手或双臂)
If you fold your arms or hands, you bring them together and cross or link them, for example over your chest.
6. (企业或组织)停业,关门
If a business or organization folds, it is unsuccessful and has to close.
7. 队伍;同一群体的人
When someone joins an organization or group, you can say that they have come into the fold. When they leave the organization or group, you can say that they leave the fold .
8. (烹饪时将调料)调入,加入
In cooking, if you fold in an ingredient or fold it into the other ingredients, you mix it very gently into the other ingredients.
9. 把…折叠起来
If you fold something up, you make it into a smaller, neater shape by folding it, usually several times.
1. the act of folding
e.g. he gave the napkins a double fold
Synonym: folding
2. a pen for sheep
Synonym: sheepfoldsheep pensheepcote
3. a folded part (as in skin or muscle)
Synonym: plica
4. a group of sheep or goats
Synonym: flock
5. a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
Synonym: congregationfaithful
6. a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
Synonym: folding
7. an angular or rounded shape made by folding
e.g. a fold in the napkin
a crease in his trousers
a plication on her blouse
a flexure of the colon
a bend of his elbow