folk
n. 人们, 家人, 亲属, 民族 a. 民间的
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教材释义与例句
民族；人们；亲属（复数）
people
民间的
folk art, stories, customs etc are traditional and typical of the ordinary people who live in a particular area
释义与例句
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A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
古体 可数 不可数We thus arrive at a most unexpected imbroglio. The French have become a Germanic folk and the Germanic folk have become Gaulish!
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People, persons.
可数 不可数There were a lot of folk in the streets.
Young folk, old folk, everybody come / To our little Sunday School, and have a lot of fun.
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One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
可数 不可数I need to call my folks back home.
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Ellipsis of folk music.
可数 不可数 音乐
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Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
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Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites.
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Of or related to local building materials and styles.
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Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically or ideologically correct or rigorous.
folk psychology; folk linguistics
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From Middle English folk, from Old English folc, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁-gós, from *pleh₁- (“to fill”). Cognate with German Volk, Dutch volk, Swedish folk and Danish folk. Doublet of volk.
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