foil 音標拼音: [f'ɔɪl]
n . 箔,烘托,襯托
vt . 襯托,阻止,擋開,挫敗,貼箔于
箔,烘托,襯托襯托,阻止,擋開,挫敗,貼箔於
foil 箔
foil 箔 箔膜
foil n 1 :
a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal ; "
the photographic film was wrapped in foil "
2 :
anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing '
s good qualities ; "
pretty girls like plain friends as foils " [
synonym : {
foil }, {
enhancer }]
3 :
a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (
as a metal plate )
so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through ; "
the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils " [
synonym :
{
hydrofoil }, {
foil }]
4 :
picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base ;
viewed with a projector [
synonym : {
foil },
{
transparency }]
5 :
a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button v 1 :
enhance by contrast ; "
In this picture ,
the figures are foiled against the background "
2 :
hinder or prevent (
the efforts ,
plans ,
or desires )
of ; "
What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth '
s amazing September surge "; "
foil your opponent " [
synonym : {
thwart },
{
queer }, {
spoil }, {
scotch }, {
foil }, {
cross }, {
frustrate },
{
baffle }, {
bilk }]
3 :
cover or back with foil ; "
foil mirrors "
Foil \
Foil \ (
foil ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Foiled } (
foild );
p .
pr .
&
vb .
n . {
Foiling }.] [
F .
fouler to tread or trample under one '
s feet ,
to press ,
oppress .
See {
Full },
v .
t .]
1 .
To tread under foot ;
to trample .
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King Richard . . .
caused the ensigns of Leopold to be pulled down and foiled under foot . --
Knoless .
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Whom he did all to pieces breake and foyle ,
In filthy durt ,
and left so in the loathely soyle .
--
Spenser .
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2 .
To render (
an effort or attempt )
vain or nugatory ;
to baffle ;
to outwit ;
to balk ;
to frustrate ;
to defeat .
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And by ?
mortal man at length am foiled . --
Dryden .
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Her long locks that foil the painter '
s power .
--
Byron .
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3 .
To blunt ;
to dull ;
to spoil ;
as ,
to foil the scent in chase . --
Addison .
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Foil \
Foil \,
n . [
OE .
foil leaf ,
OF .
foil ,
fuil ,
fueil ,
foille ,
fueille ,
F .
feuille ,
fr .
L .
folium ,
pl .
folia ;
akin to Gr . ?,
and perh .
to E .
blade .
Cf . {
Foliage }, {
Folio }.]
1 .
A leaf or very thin sheet of metal ;
as ,
brass foil ;
tin foil ;
gold foil .
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2 . (
Jewelry )
A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished ,
and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass ; --
employed by jewelers to give color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones . --
Ure .
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3 .
Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage .
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As she a black silk cap on him began To set ,
for foil of his milk -
white to serve . --
Sir P .
Sidney .
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Hector has a foil to set him off . --
Broome .
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4 .
A thin coat of tin ,
with quicksilver ,
laid on the back of a looking -
glass ,
to cause reflection .
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5 . (
Arch .)
The space between the cusps in Gothic architecture ;
a rounded or leaflike ornament ,
in windows ,
niches ,
etc .
A group of foils is called trefoil ,
quatrefoil ,
quinquefoil ,
etc .,
according to the number of arcs of which it is composed .
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{
Foil stone },
an imitation of a jewel or precious stone .
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Foil \
Foil \,
v .
t . [
See 6th {
File }.]
To defile ;
to soil . [
Obs .]
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Foil \
Foil \,
n .
1 .
Failure of success when on the point of attainment ;
defeat ;
frustration ;
miscarriage . --
Milton .
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Nor e '
er was fate so near a foil . --
Dryden .
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2 .
A blunt weapon used in fencing ,
resembling a smallsword in the main ,
but usually lighter and having a button at the point .
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Blunt as the fencer '
s foils ,
which hit ,
but hurt not . --
Shak .
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Isocrates contended with a foil against Demosthenes with a word . --
Mitford .
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3 .
The track or trail of an animal .
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{
To run a foil },
to lead astray ;
to puzzle ; --
alluding to the habits of some animals of running back over the same track to mislead their pursuers . --
Brewer .
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236 Moby Thesaurus words for "
foil ":
Roscius ,
actor ,
actress ,
antagonist ,
antipode ,
antipodes ,
antipole ,
antithesis ,
antonym ,
background ,
background detail ,
bad guy ,
baffle ,
bafflement ,
balk ,
balking ,
barnstormer ,
beat ,
bilbo ,
bilk ,
blast ,
brave ,
broadsword ,
buffalo ,
cast down ,
challenge ,
character ,
character actor ,
character man ,
character woman ,
check ,
checkmate ,
child actor ,
circumvent ,
claymore ,
coat ,
coating ,
collop ,
confound ,
confounding ,
confront ,
confusion ,
contra ,
contravene ,
converse ,
counter ,
counteract ,
counterbalance ,
countercheck ,
countermand ,
counterpoint ,
counterpoise ,
counterpole ,
counterterm ,
counterwork ,
covering ,
cross ,
curb ,
cut ,
cutlass ,
dash ,
daunt ,
deal ,
deceive ,
decorative composition ,
decorative style ,
defeat ,
defeat expectation ,
defy ,
design ,
destroy ,
detail ,
disappoint ,
discomfit ,
discomfiture ,
disconcert ,
disconcertion ,
discountenance ,
diseur ,
diseuse ,
dish ,
disillusion ,
disk ,
disrupt ,
dissatisfy ,
dramatizer ,
elude ,
embarrass ,
epee ,
evade ,
falchion ,
faze ,
feeder ,
feuille ,
figure ,
film ,
flake ,
flap ,
flummox ,
foiling ,
fold ,
foreground detail ,
form ,
frustrate ,
frustration ,
get around ,
get round ,
give the runaround ,
give the slip ,
glaive ,
go one better ,
hamper ,
heavy ,
histrio ,
histrion ,
impede ,
ingenue ,
inverse ,
juvenile ,
knock the chocks ,
lamella ,
lamina ,
laminated glass ,
laminated wood ,
lamination ,
lap ,
layer ,
leaf ,
let down ,
matinee idol ,
membrane ,
mime ,
mimer ,
mimic ,
monologist ,
motif ,
mummer ,
national style ,
nonplus ,
nullify ,
obverse ,
offset ,
opposite ,
opposite number ,
ornamental motif ,
outfigure ,
outflank ,
outgeneral ,
outguess ,
outmaneuver ,
outplay ,
outreach ,
outsmart ,
outwit ,
overreach ,
pane ,
panel ,
pantomime ,
pantomimist ,
parry ,
pass the buck ,
patina ,
pattern ,
peel ,
pellicle ,
period style ,
perplex ,
plait ,
plank ,
plate ,
plating ,
playactor ,
player ,
ply ,
plywood ,
protean actor ,
rapier ,
rasher ,
rattle ,
rebuff ,
reciter ,
repeated figure ,
repulse ,
restrain ,
reversal ,
reverse ,
rout ,
ruin ,
saber ,
sabotage ,
safety glass ,
scale ,
scimitar ,
scotch ,
scum ,
setback ,
setoff ,
setting ,
sheet ,
skin ,
slab ,
slat ,
slice ,
soubrette ,
spike ,
spoil ,
stage performer ,
stage player ,
stonewall ,
stooge ,
straight man ,
stroller ,
strolling player ,
stump ,
style ,
table ,
tablet ,
tantalize ,
tease ,
the contrary ,
the other side ,
theatrical ,
theme ,
thespian ,
thwart ,
thwarting ,
touch ,
trouper ,
tuck ,
upset ,
utility man ,
veneer ,
victimize ,
villain ,
vis -
a -
vis ,
wafer
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