Fold

(noun.) the act of folding; 'he gave the napkins a double fold'.

(noun.) a pen for sheep.

(noun.) a folded part (as in skin or muscle).

(noun.) a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock.

(noun.) an angular or rounded shape made by folding; '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'.

(verb.) incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; 'Fold the egg whites into the batter'.

(verb.) bend or lay so that one part covers the other; 'fold up the newspaper'; 'turn up your collar'.

(verb.) become folded or folded up; 'The bed folds in a jiffy'.

丹尼斯编辑

• Each of those machines, with a boy as an attendant, will fold 2,700 envelopes in an hour, which is nearly the same number that an experienced workman can fold in a day with a folding stick. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The object of this move was three-fold. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Fold it up; put it carefully in your bag; then step into the kitchen and desire Sarah to bring in the go?ter, or tea, as you call it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• May I fold it over this shoulder without injuring your dress? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The blood rose to his temples and he caught a fold of her cloak. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Minnie stayed behind to fold up what they had made, and pack it in two baskets. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• It has three legs that fold. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• As she sat with the paper folded between her hands, the charred log fell asunder. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• He folded his hands over his knee. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• He had come back to his seat, and was now leaning forward with folded arms, looking at the benevolent face of his friend. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• There's your pay, Mister Rokesmith,' said the Golden Dustman, jerking the folded scrap of paper he had in his hand, towards his late Secretary. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The char-woman, after the manner of her kind, stood with her arms folded in her shawl. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• She carefully opened her reticule a little way and showed me a folded piece of paper inside as the appointment of which she spoke. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• My dear, said she as she carefully folded up her scarf and gloves, my brave physician ought to have a title bestowed upon him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Bean for a sewing machine in which the needle was stationary, and the cloth was gathered in crimps or folds and forced over the stationary needle. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• But her grey hair was not more immovable in its two folds, than were her firm lips. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The Professor put up his handkerchief, and fiendishly smiled into its folds. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Markest thou the smouldering and suffocating vapour which already eddies in sable folds through the chamber? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• He pulled the blanket coat over his head, the roundness of his head protruding now from the dirty yellow folds of the blanket. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• I trust not, said Justinian, who stood sternly under the drooping folds of the Union Jack, but I doubt it while Caliphronas is alive. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Her tears had risen again, and in drawing out her handkerchief her fingers touched the packet in the folds of her dress. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• You shall be sure of me, darling, he said, folding her in his arms. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Each of those machines, with a boy as an attendant, will fold 2,700 envelopes in an hour, which is nearly the same number that an experienced workman can fold in a day with a folding stick. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• With a difference, my dear Sir; with a difference,' rejoined Perker, deliberately folding up the paper and putting it into his pocket again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• So long as you goes now, said he, folding his arms and shutting his eyes with an oath, you may do wot you like! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Very well,' said this gentleman, briskly smiling, and folding his arms. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• There was a folding-window to the carriage-head, but I never closed it, for it seemed like shutting out hope. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Riah drew some folding tablets from his breast and noted it down. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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