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fold verb
⇨ fold (fold paper/a bed) ⇨ close 2 (a business folds)fold noun
⇨ fold fold verb fold ♦︎ tuck ♦︎ roll ♦︎ gatherThese words all mean to arrange sth such as clothing, fabric or paper or by bending or pulling it. 这些词均表示折叠、卷起、收拢。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to fold / tuck / roll / gather (sth) up◆to fold / tuck / gather sth around sb / sth■ fold [transitive, intransitive] to bend sth, especially paper or fabric, so that one part lies on top of another part; to bend sth so that it becomes smaller or flatter and can be stored or carried more easily; to bend or be able to bend in this way 折叠，对折（纸、织物等）；（可）折小，（可）叠平（以便贮存或携带）◆He folded the map up and put it in his pocket.他把地图折叠起来，放进了衣袋。◆First, fold the paper in half.首先，把纸对折起来。◆The blankets had been folded down.毛毯已折叠起来。◆The bird folded its wings.鸟收起了翅膀。◆The bed can be folded away during the day.这床在白天可以折叠收起。◆The table folds up when not in use.这桌子不用时可以折叠起来。OPP unfold ⇨ spread ■ tuck [transitive] (always used with an adverb or preposition 总是与副词或介词连用) to push, fold or turn the ends or edges of fabric, clothes or paper so that they are held in place or look neat 把（织物、衣服或纸张的边缘）塞进，折叠，卷起◆She tucked up her skirt and waded into the river.她撩起裙子蹚水走进河里。◆Tuck your shirt in (= into your trousers).把你的衬衫掖进裤子里。◆Tuck the flap of the envelope in.把信封的口盖塞进信封里。■ roll [transitive] (always used with an adverb or preposition 总是与副词或介词连用) to fold the edge of a piece of clothing or fabric over and over on itself to make it shorter 把（衣服或织物的边）卷起来◆Roll up your sleeves.把你的袖子挽起来。◆She rolled her jeans to her knees.她把牛仔裤卷到了膝盖处。■ gather [transitive] (always used with an adverb or preposition 总是与副词或介词连用) to pull a piece of clothing tighter to your body 收紧，拢起（衣服）◆She gathered up her skirts and ran.她提起裙摆就跑。 close2 /kləʊz; NAmE kloʊz/ verb close a door/your eyes/a book 关门；闭眼；合上书a factory closes/close a factory 工厂倒闭；关闭工厂close ♦︎ cease trading ♦︎ fail ♦︎ close (sth) down ♦︎ collapse ♦︎ go bust ♦︎ crash ♦︎ go bankrupt ♦︎ fold ♦︎ flopThese are all words that can be used when a business stops operating, often because it does not have enough money to pay the bills and cannot borrow any more. 这些词均表示停业、倒闭、破产。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a firm / company closes / ceases trading / fails / closes down / collapses / goes bust / crashes / goes bankrupt / folds◆a business closes / ceases trading / fails / closes down / collapses / goes bust / crashes / folds◆an industry closes down / collapses◆a person goes bust / goes bankrupt◆a / an factory / newspaper / operation / shop closes / closes down◆shares / prices / markets collapse / crash◆a show / play closes / folds / flops◆to suddenly close / close down / collapse / fold■ close [intransitive, transitive](of a business, service or show) to stop operating; to cause a business, service or show to stop operating （企业、服务或演出）停止运作；停业；关闭◆The hospital closed at the end of last year.这家医院去年年底关闭了。◆The play closed after just three nights.这部剧仅上演了三个晚上就停演了。◆The club was closed by the police.那家俱乐部被警方查封了。◆They are closing their Liverpool factory.他们将关闭利物浦的工厂。OPP open ⓘ When a business, service or show opens it starts business or starts playing to the public for the first time. * open指企业开业、服务行业开始营业或演出首次登场◆The show opened to great reviews.首演好评如潮。◆The company opened its doors for business a month ago.那家公司一个月前开业。 ▸ closure /ˈkləʊʒə(r); NAmE ˈkloʊʒər/ noun [countable, uncountable] ◆factory closures工厂倒闭◆The hospital has been threatened with closure.这家医院已经面临关闭的威胁。■ ˌcease ˈtrading phrase (formal, business 商业) (of a business) to stop operating （企业）停业◆A leading travel firm has ceased trading with the loss of a number of jobs.一家大旅行社已经停业，好些人丢了工作。■ fail [intransitive](of a business) to be unable to continue operating （企业）倒闭，破产◆More banks failed as people rushed to withdraw their money.由于人们争相挤兑，更多银行倒闭了。▸ failure noun [countable, uncountable] ◆There has been an alarming increase in business failures.企业倒闭数字的上升令人担忧。■ ˌclose ˈdown ■ ˌclose sth ˈdown phrasal verb (of a business or service) to stop operating; to cause a business or service to stop operating （使）停业；关闭；倒闭◆Companies were closing down or reducing their workforce.公司纷纷倒闭或裁员。◆Banks are closing down their smaller branches.各银行将关闭较小的分行。OPP open (sth) up ⓘ When a business or service opens up it starts operating; to open sth up is to start a new business or service. * open up指企业或服务行业开始运作，open sth up指开展新的业务或服务◆There's a new Thai restaurant opening up in town.城里新开了一家泰国菜餐厅。 NOTE 辨析 Close or close down?There is not much difference in meaning between these words. Both can be used to talk about either a business or service; close but not close down can also be used to talk about a play or show. 两者意思上没有太大差别，均可用于企业或服务行业。close可用于戏剧或演出，但 close down不可以◆The play closed down after just three nights. ■ collapse [intransitive](of a business, prices, a market or an economy) to lose all or most of its value （企业）倒闭；（价格）暴跌；（市场）萧条；（经济）崩溃◆Share prices collapsed after news of poor trading figures.成交量不佳的消息使股价暴跌。◆The region's economy has virtually collapsed.该地区的经济实际上已经崩溃。▸ collapse noun [countable, usually singular] ◆the collapse of share prices / the dollar / the market股价／美元的暴跌；市场大萧条■ go ˈbust idiom (goes, went, gone) (informal) (of a business or the person running it) to be unable to continue operating because there is no money （企业或其经营者）破产◆We lost our deposit when the travel company went bust.旅行社破产，我们的订金都赔了进去。■ crash [intransitive] (rather informal) (of a business, market or prices) to lose all or most of its value suddenly （企业、市场或价格突然）贬值，倒闭，失败；暴跌◆Share prices crashed to an all-time low yesterday.股价昨天暴跌到了历史最低点。▸ crash noun [countable] ◆the 1929 stock market crash1929年的股市暴跌NOTE 辨析 Collapse or crash?There is not much difference in meaning between these words. An economy can collapse but not crash. Crash is slightly more informal and suggests an even more sudden event. 这两个词意思没有太大差别。economy可以和collapse搭配，但不可以和crash搭配。crash稍显不正式，更强调突发性。■ go ˈbankrupt phrase (goes, went, gone)(of a person or company) to stop running a business because you do not have enough money to pay what you owe; (of a person) to ask a judge in court to officially say that you cannot pay your debts and are not allowed to borrow money （人或公司）破产；（人）申请破产◆Unfortunately the firm went bankrupt before the work was completed.不幸的是，这家公司在工程完成之前破产了。◆I have thousands of pounds of debt which I can't afford to pay back and am thinking of going bankrupt.我有数千英镑的债务还不上，正在考虑申请破产。■ fold [intransitive] (rather informal) (of a business, organization or show) to close because it is no longer successful （企业或组织）倒闭；（演出）结束，停演◆His business folded and his wife left him.他生意失败，妻子也离开了他。◆The musical folded after 16 performances.那部音乐剧演了16场后停演了。◆Her fan club has folded.她的追星族俱乐部关闭了。■ flop (-pp-) [intransitive] (rather informal) (of a film, show, product or project) to be a failure, especially because it is not popular （电影、演出、产品或项目）失败，不成功（尤指因不受大众欢迎）◆The play flopped on Broadway.这出戏在百老汇砸了锅。◆Many of his ambitious schemes have flopped in the past.过去他的许多雄心大计都失败了。 see also flop ⇨ disaster noun fold noun fold ♦︎ wrinkle ♦︎ line ♦︎ creaseThese are all words for a line on fabric or on sb's skin. 这些词均表示织物上的皱褶或人皮肤上的皱纹。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a fold / crease in sth◆a wrinkle / line on sth◆wrinkles / lines / creases around the / sb's eyes / mouth◆deep folds / wrinkles / lines / creases◆fine wrinkles / lines◆a neat fold / crease◆to have wrinkles / lines / creases◆to get wrinkles / lines◆wrinkles / lines appear / form■ fold [countable] a part of sth, especially fabric, that is folded or hangs as if it had been folded; a mark or line made by folding sth, or showing where sth should be folded 褶；褶痕；褶线◆The child hid his face in the folds of his mother's skirt.那孩子把脸埋在他妈妈的裙褶里。◆the loose folds of flesh under her chin她颏下松垂的肉褶◆Why is the place I want to find always on the fold of the map?为什么我想找的地方总是在地图的褶缝上？■ wrinkle / /ˈrɪŋkl/ / [countable, usually plural] a line or small fold in your skin, especially on your face, that forms as you get older; a small fold that you do not want in a piece of fabric or paper （尤指脸上的）皱纹；（织物或纸上的）皱褶，皱痕◆There were fine wrinkles around her eyes.她眼角上出现了细细的鱼尾纹。◆Is there anything you can do to prevent wrinkles?你有什么防止起皱的办法吗?▸ wrinkled adjective ◆She kissed his wrinkled face.她吻了他满是皱纹的脸。NOTE 辨析 Fold or wrinkle? Fold is more frequently used about fabric; wrinkle is more frequently used about skin. Folds in fabric are tidy or are made deliberately; wrinkles are usually unwanted, and appear because you have not ironed, folded or hung fabric properly or tidily. * fold多指织物的皱褶，wrinkle多指皮肤的皱纹。fold指织物上整齐的或是有意做出来的褶、褶层，wrinkles通常指织物上因为没有熨平、叠整齐或挂好而出现的难看的皱褶、皱痕◆I arranged the cloth so that it hung in neat folds.我把布叠好，这样挂起来就会有整齐的褶子。◆While she was waiting, she anxiously smoothed out the wrinkles in her skirt.她一边等待，一边焦虑地弄平裙子上的皱褶。 Wrinkles in the skin are thin lines; folds in sb's skin or flesh are fatter and occur because the person has loose skin, or because they are overweight. * wrinkle指皮肤上的细纹，fold指因皮肤松弛或体重超标而出现在皮肤或肉上的较厚大的褶子。 ■ line [countable, usually plural] a mark like a line on sb's skin that people usually get as they grow older 皱纹；褶子◆He has fine lines around his eyes.他的眼角上有细细的鱼尾纹。◆laughter / frown / worry lines笑纹；眉心纹；愁纹ⓘ A line in sb's skin may be thinner or less deep than a wrinkle, but in many cases you can use either word. 与wrinkle相比，line指皮肤上较细、较浅的皱纹。但在许多情况下这两个词可以通用。▸ lined adjective ◆a deeply lined face布满深深皱纹的脸■ crease / /kriːs/ / [countable] a line that is made in fabric or paper when you press, crush or fold it; a line in the skin, especially on the face （织物或纸上的）褶痕，皱痕；（尤指脸上的）皱纹◆She smoothed the creases out of her skirt.她把裙子上的皱褶抚平。◆trousers with a sharp crease in the legs裤线笔挺的裤子◆She had lots of deep creases at the corners of her eyes.她的眼角上有许多深深的皱纹。ⓘ Crease is more often used about fabric or paper than about skin. It can be an untidy line, that appears when you press or crush fabric or paper, or it can be a neat line that you make in sth, for example when you fold it. * crease多指织物或纸上的褶痕而非皮肤上的皱纹。它可以是织物或纸上因为受压而产生的不整齐的皱痕，或是通过折叠等有意做出来的整齐的褶线◆He ironed out the creases in his shirt.他把他衬衫上的皱褶熨平。◆My mother always irons creases into my trousers.我母亲总是把我的裤子熨出裤线。 see also crease ⇨ crumple verb ▸ crease verb [transitive, intransitive] ◆A frown creased her forehead.她一皱眉，额头显出了皱纹。◆Her face creased into a smile.她的脸上露出了微笑。▸ creased adjective ◆I can't wear this blouse. It's creased.我不能穿这件衬衫，它皱了。 |