foil

英 [fɔɪl]

美 [fɔɪl]

n.  (尤指包装食物等用的)箔; 箔纸(覆有箔的纸); 陪衬者; 陪衬物; （击剑运动用的）花剑
v.  挫败，阻止，制止(非法活动等)

过去分词：foiled　过去式：foiled　复数：foils　第三人称单数：foils　现在分词：foiling　

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Collins.2 / BNC.8897 / COCA.6713

同义词辨析

foilfrustrate【导航词义：挫败】

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指包装食物等用的）箔
  metal made into very thin sheets that is used for covering or wrapping things, especially food
  1. aluminium foil
     铝箔
  2. aluminum foil
     铝箔
• 箔纸（覆有箔的纸）
  paper that is covered in very thin sheets of metal
  1. The chocolates are individually wrapped in gold foil.
     巧克力用金箔纸一颗颗独立包装。
• 陪衬者；陪衬物
  a person or thing that contrasts with, and therefore emphasizes, the qualities of another person or thing
  1. The pale walls provide a perfect foil for the furniture.
     浅色的墙壁完全衬托出家具的特色。
• （击剑运动用的）花剑
  a long thin light sword used in the sport of fencing

verb

• 挫败，阻止，制止（非法活动等）
  to stop sth from happening, especially sth illegal; to prevent sb from doing sth
  1. to foil a plan/crime/plot
     挫败计划 / 犯罪 / 阴谋
  2. Customs officials foiled an attempt to smuggle the paintings out of the country.
     海关关员阻截了一次企图走私画作出境的阴谋。
  3. They were foiled in their attempt to smuggle the paintings.
     他们走私绘画作品的企图未能得逞。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT (用来包裹食物的)箔(纸)
  Foilconsists of sheets of metal as thin as paper. It is used to wrap food in.
  1. Pour cider around the meat and cover with foil.
     在肉周围倒上苹果酒，然后以箔纸覆盖。
  2. ...aluminium foil.
     铝箔
• VERB 阻止;挫败
  If youfoilsomeone's plan or attempt to do something, for example to commit a crime, you succeed in stopping them from doing what they want.
  1. A brave police chief foiled an armed robbery on a jewellers' by grabbing the raiders' shotgun...
     一位勇敢的警长夺过了意图袭击珠宝店的劫匪手中的猎枪，挫败了这起持械抢劫案。
  2. The idea of building a roof terrace was also foiled by the planning authorities.
     建造一个带棚阳台的想法也被规划局否决了。
• N-COUNT 陪衬物;烘托者
  If you refer to one thing or person asafoilforanother, you approve of the fact that they contrast with each other and go well together, often in a way that makes the second thing or person seem better or less harmful.
  1. He thought of her serenity as a foil for his intemperance...
     在他看来，她的平静反衬出了他的放纵。
  2. A cold beer is the perfect foil for a curry.
     冰镇啤酒是吃咖喱的绝配。
• 花剑
  Afoilis a thin light sword used in fencing, which has a button on its tip to prevent injury.

英英释义

noun

• a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
• a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
  1. the photographic film was wrapped in foil
• picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base
  Synonym:transparency
• 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
  1. the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils
  Synonym:hydrofoil
• anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
  1. pretty girls like plain friends as foils
  Synonym:enhancer

verb

• cover or back with foil
  1. foil mirrors
• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
  1. What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
  2. foil your opponent
  Synonym:thwartqueerspoilscotchcrossfrustratebafflebilk
• enhance by contrast
  1. In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background

双语例句

• The electrolytic copper foil production for printed circuit board in the world has experienced almost fifty years.
  印制电路板用电解铜箔产品在世界上已经历了近五十年的发展历程。
• Last two years I have work on acrylic and gold foil.
  在过去的2年中，我曾经在作品中使用亚克力和金箔材料。
• An ugly woman serves as a foil to a pretty girl.
  一个丑女人可以将美丽的姑娘反衬得更加漂亮。
• Pour cider around the meat and cover with foil.
  在肉周围倒上苹果酒，然后以箔纸覆盖。
• Bake salmon in foil or poach in a light stock for 8-10 minutes.
  用箔纸包烤或用清汤蒸煮三文鱼8至10分钟。
• Firstly, load and demands analysis is completed, taking a copper foil factory as an example.
  文章首先以某铜箔厂为对象，对企业负荷和电能质量补偿要求进行了分析。
• Red flowers must have green leaves as a foil.
  红花要有绿叶衬托。
• He thought of her serenity as a foil for his intemperance
  在他看来，她的平静反衬出了他的放纵。
• The lake and the hills side by side& each a foil for the other.
  湖光山色，映带左右。
• Or, for about a dollar, you can build a solar stove out of aluminum foil and cardboard.
  或者，约一美元，您可以建立一个太阳能炉灶的铝箔和纸板。