onefold

a. 单一的, 单纯的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Constituting or being indicative of a single aspect or theme.

  2. 2.

    Consisting of a single undivided part; whole; complete.

  3. 3.

    Simple, plain, straightforward.

    [Her] object was simple enough; but it was too simple—too onefold (if I may borrow an expressive word from my native tongue: ae-fauld we write it in Scotch) for the apprehension of ordinary persons[.]

  4. 4.

    Singular, as opposite to plural.

词源

From Middle English onfold, anfald (“single, simple, honest, onefold”), from Old English ānfeald (“single, simple”, literally “onefold”), from Proto-West Germanic *ainfald, from Proto-Germanic *ainafalþaz (“onefold, simple”), equivalent to one + -fold. Cognate with Dutch eenvoud (“simplicity, easiness”), German Einfalt (“simplicity”) and einfach (“simple”), Icelandic einfaldur (“simple”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (ainfalþs, “simple”). More at one, -fold.

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