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fooln.
1. innocent,simpleton (used as a term of affectionatepity) （憐愛之稱）蠢東西，傻瓜。
△As.2.1.22: “the poordappled fools，”i.e. the deer.這些可憐的帶斑點的蠢東西（鹿）。
△Ado.2.1.328 (314): “poor fool (i.e.poordear),it keeps on the windy side of care.”可憐的傻東西，它總能躲開煩惱的襲擊。
△Lr.5.3. 307 (306): “Andmy poor fool (i.e. Cordelia) is hanged!”我可憐的傻孩子被絞死了！
2. foolishness,folly 愚蠢，傻事。
△Lr.1.4.166 (151):“This is not altogether fool,my lord.”陛下，這個人并不是完全傻。
△H.VIII.1.3.24: “l(fā)eave those remnants/Of fool and feather that they got in France，”拋棄他們從法國帶回來的帽上插羽毛等愚蠢的殘余習慣。
3. plaything,dupe 玩物，被愚弄者。
△Rom.3.1. 142(136):“O,I am fortune’s fool!” 啊，我被命運玩弄了！
△Lr.4.6.195 (190): “I am even/ The natural foolof fortune." 我簡直天生下來就注定要被命運玩弄的。
△1H.IV.5.4.81: “But thought’s the slave of life,and life,time’s fool.”但是思想是生命的奴隸，生命是時間的玩物。
4. jester 小丑，弄臣。
△Ado.1.1.40: “my uncle’sfool，”我的伯父的小丑。
5. actor playing a fool’s role 丑角演員。
△Ham.3. 2. 49(43):“That’s villainous,and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.”這真可惡，表示出這種丑角抱有最可憐的野心。
△Tw.3.1.68 (60):“This fellow iswise enough to play the fool，”這個家伙扮演小丑倒是很有點聰明的。
Phrases & Expressions:
a fool go with: may the name of fool accompany orstick to 愿傻瓜的名字伴隨著或緊貼在…
△1H.IV.5.3.22:“A fool go with thy soul,whither it goes! / A bor-rowed title hast thou bought too dear.”讓傻瓜的名字伴隨著你的靈魂，無論它走到哪里！ 你用太大的代價買來了一個假借的稱號。
fool and beggar: something inferior and drab 低級而單調的東西。
△H.VIII.1.1. 26: “Now this masque / Wascried incomparable; and the ensuing night / Made it afool and beggar.”這一天的假面舞會本來被說成是舉世無雙的；第二天晚上就使它顯得低級而寒傖。
fools of nature: dupes of nature,playthings of nature(subject to the caprices of nature) 被大自然所愚弄的人，造化的玩物。
△Ham.1.4.54: “Making night hideous,and we fools of nature/So horridly to shake ourdisposition / With thoughts beyond the reaches of oursouls?”使黑夜變得陰森可怖，使我們這些造化的玩物心驚膽戰(zhàn)，思索著我們所不能了解的事。
fool's paradise: happiness based upon an illusion 春夢。
△Rom.2.4. 176(165):“if ye should lead her in afool’s paradise，” i.e. if you should deceive her into astate of false happiness; seduce her by falsely promis-ing to marry her. 如果你只是逗著她做一場荒唐夢。
make the fool of: deceive 欺騙。
△Mac.2.1.44:“Mine eyes are made the fools o’ the other senses,/Or else worth all the rest." i. e. If the dagger is amere phantom,my eyes are deceived by the othersenses; if the dagger is a reality,my eyes are worth all my other senses.我的兩眼倘不是受了其他感官的捉弄，便是抵得過其他所有感官的價值(又譯：頂替了其他一切感官)。
poor fool: a phrase of endearment and not contempt（昵稱）可憐的傻東西。
△3H.VI. 2.5.35: “So many daysmy ewes have been with young,/ So many weeks erethe poor fools will can；”我的母羊已經懷羔多少天，再有多少個禮拜這些可憐的傻東西就要生產小羊了。
play the fools with the time: ?fool away the time 浪費時間。
? play the fool following the spirit of thetimes 隨波逐流干蠢事 。
△2H.IV.2.2.155(142): “Well,thus we play the fools with the time.”好了，我們這樣是在浪費時間。
foolvt.
1. befool,make a fool of,mock 愚弄，嘲弄。
△Tw.2.5.12 (10):“we will fool him black and blue.”我們要把他結結實實地作弄一番。
2. cheat,deceive 欺騙。
△Tw.5.1. 44 (41):“You canfool no more money out of me at this throw.”你這一回可騙不走我的錢了。 fool[fu:l]n. 傻瓜，白癡，小丑，愚蠢 adj. 傻的v. 哄騙，欺騙，做蠢事，浪費
◇ be a fool to 與…不可同日而語，不能同…相比
fool around (about)閑蕩，浪費時間
fool away 浪費
Fool’s haste is no speed.欲速則不達。/ fool with 玩弄
fool with the ball 用球涮人
make a fool of 愚弄，取笑
make a fool of oneself 出洋相
play the fool=act the fool 逗樂，做蠢事
‖ fool actor 扮演愚弄人的演員
fools cap 滑稽帽
fool’s literature 愚人文學
fool’s paradise幻想
foolish adj. 愚蠢的，可笑的
◇ make a foolish figure 鬧笑話
foolishly adv.foolishness n.foolery n. 愚蠢的行為（想法）/fool-hardy adj. 莽撞的
fool-proof adj. 十分安全，極簡單的
foolery n. 愚蠢的行為（想法） / fool-hardy adj. 莽撞
fool-proof adj.十分安全，極簡單的
fool-proofness n. 安全裝置 |