folks

FREQ #1424

n. 人们, 父母, 亲人, 家属

发音

UK /fəʊks/
US /foʊks/
US /foʊlks/
其它 /foʊlks/

词形变化

only 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents

    仅复数

    My folks visit us at Christmas.

  2. 2.

    People in general; everybody or anybody.

    美国 仅复数

    Wilson: He's right. They endorse Royce, fine, 'the hell else they gonna do? But what they say and don't say from the pulpit the Sunday before the primary we still got a dog in that fight. Carcetti: I do this right, they respect it. Wilson: An' if they don't, at least they get to see a beggin'-ass white man on his knees. Always a feel-good moment for the folks.

    Lots of folks like to travel during the holidays.

  3. 3.

    The police.

    美国 仅复数 罕用 俚语
  4. 4.

    plural of folk

  5. 1.

    Late 19th and early 20th century migrants to California from Iowa and other parts of the Midwestern United States.

    仅复数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

folk

上位词 5

people tribe clan kin kindred

下位词 8

rabble riffraff ragtag grass roots countryfolk countrypeople gentlefolk ragtag and bobtail

部分词 2

pleb plebeian

相关短语

old folks home old folks homes old folks' home old folks but seriously folks just folks just plain folks different strokes for different folks regular folks feathered folks that's all, folks wee folks feathered folk wee folk

词源

Coined by California historian Kevin Starr.

来源：wiktionary