foil /fɒil/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
• (n.) anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
• (n.) picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector

Chinese translation

• n. 箔, 烘托, 衬托
• vt. 贴箔于, 衬托, 阻止, 挡开, 挫败

Word details

Part of speech

noun / verb

Pronunciation

/fɒil/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

CET-6 · TOEFL · IELTS · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 3.76 · Super Rare

Word forms

foiled, foils, foiling

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