folk
US: /ˈfoʊk/
UK: /fˈəʊk/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
folk /fouk/- danh từ, (thường) số nhiều
- người
- old folk: người già
- country folk: người nông thôn
- (số nhiều) (thông tục) người thân thuộc
- one's folks: họ hàng thân thuộc
- the old folks at home: cha mẹ ông bà
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) dân tộc, dân gian
- idle folks lack no excuses
- (tục ngữ) người lười không thiếu lý do để lười
- người
Advanced English dictionary
noun, adjective+ noun
1 (also folks especially in AmE) [pl.] (informal) people in general: ordinary working-class folk + I'd like a job working with old folk or kids. + the folks back home (= from the place where you come from)
2 (folks) [pl.] (informal) a friendly way of addressing more than one person: Well, folks, what are we going to do today?
3 (folks) [pl.] (informal, especially AmE) the members of your family, especially your parents: How are your folks?
4 [pl.] people from a particular country or region, or who have a particular way of life: country folk + townsfolk + farming folk
5 (also folk music) [U] music in the traditional style of a country or community: a folk festival / concert
+ adjective [only before noun]
1 (of art, culture, etc.) traditional and typical of the ordinary people of a country or community: folk art + a folk museum
2 based on the beliefs of ordinary people: folk wisdom + Garlic is widely used in Chinese folk medicine.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
people, tribe, (ethnic) group, clan, race; society, nation, (general) public, populace, population, citizenry:
Archaeologists refer to these people as the 'Beaker Folk'. Some folks disliked the performance.
Collocation
ADJ.
decent, good, honest, law-abiding | common, everyday, ordinary
It's the ordinary everyday folk who come to shop at this market.
| humble, simple | friendly | rich | poor | working, working-class | elderly, old | young | black, white | men
(also
menfolk)
He described the customs of the menfolk of his family.
| city, country
places that appeal to city folk
| local
VERB + FOLK
visit
I am going to visit my folks (= parents)at the weekend.
FOLK + VERB
live
ordinary working-class folk who live near the factory
| say sth, talk (of sth), tell (sb) sth
Folks say that he is a hard man. If only I'd listened to the old folk telling their stories.
FOLK + NOUN
culture, customs, memory, myth, tradition, wisdom
She had an interest in the folk customs of ancient societies.
| story, tale | hero
He is something of a folk hero in these parts.
| art, dancing, music, singing | dance, song | musician, singer | festival | medicine, remedy
PHRASES
the folks back home
The visiting team lost 3?0, dismaying the folks back home (= the people from the place the team had come from).
Concise dictionary
folksfəʊknoun
+people in general (often used in the plural)
+a social division of (usually preliterate) people
+people descended from a common ancestor
+the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
