fold
- n.
- 折层，折，羊栏，折痕，信徒
- vt.
- 折叠，包，合拢，交迭
- vi.
- 折叠起来，彻底失败
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演变路径（由近及远）
原始词根
词源说明
The verb is from Middle English folden, from Old English fealdan, from Proto-West Germanic *falþan, from Proto-Germanic *falþaną (“to fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”).
Cognate with Dutch vouwen, German falten.
The noun is from Middle English folde, falde, itself derived from the verb.
释义（英文）
- (transitive) To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
- (transitive) To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
- (transitive) To draw or coil (one’s arms, a snake’s body, etc.) around something so as to enclose or embrace it.
- (transitive, cooking) To stir
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演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
The noun is from Middle English fold, fald, from Old English fald, falæd, falod (“fold, stall, stable, cattle-pen”), from Proto-West Germanic *falud, from Proto-Germanic *faludaz (“enclosure”).
Akin to Scots fald, fauld (“an enclosure for livestock”), Dutch vaalt (“dung heap”), Middle Low German valt, vālt (“an inclosed space, a yard”), Danish fold (“pen for herbivorous livestock”), Swedish fålla (“corral, pen, pound”).
The verb is from Late Middle English fooldyn, itself derived from the noun.
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演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English folde, from Old English folde (“earth, land, country, district, region, territory, ground, soil, clay”), from Proto-Germanic *fuldǭ, *fuldō (“earth, ground; field; the world”). Cognate with Old Norse fold (“earth, land, field”), Norwegian and Icelandic fold (“land, earth, meadow”).
释义（英文）
- (dialectal or poetic, otherwise obsolete) The Earth