fool
US: /ˈfuɫ/
UK: /fˈuːl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
fool /fu:l/- danh từ
- món hoa quả nấu (trộn với sữa kem...)
- món hoa quả nấu (trộn với sữa kem...)
- danh từ
- người khờ dại, người ngu xuẩn, người xuẩn ngốc
- người làm trò hề, anh hề
- người bị lừa phỉnh
- to be a fool for one's paims
- nhọc mình mà chẳng nên công cán gì
- to be a fool to...
- không ra cái thớ gì khi đem so sánh với...
- to be no (nobody's) fool
- không phải là ngốc, không phải là ngu dại; khôn ngoan láu
- fool's bolt is soon shot
- sắp hết lý sự
- to make a fool of oneself
- xử sự như một thằng ngốc
- to make a fool of somebody
- đánh lừa ai
- làm cho ai hoá thanh một thằng xuẩn ngốc
- man is fool or physician at thirty
- người khôn ngoan không cần bác sĩ
- no fool like an old fool
- già còn chơi trông bổi
- to play the fool
- làm trò hề
- lầm to
- làm trò vớ vẩn, làm trò ngố
- tính từ
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục), (như) foolish
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục), (như) foolish
- ngoại động từ
- lừa gạt, lừa phỉnh, đánh lừa (ai)
- to fool somebody into doing something: phỉnh ai làm việc gì
- lừa (tiền)
- (+ away) lãng phí (một cách ngu dại) (tiền, thời gian)
- to fool time away: lãng phí thời gian (một cách ngu dại)
- lừa gạt, lừa phỉnh, đánh lừa (ai)
- nội động từ, ((thường) + about, (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) + around)
- làm những chuyện ngớ ngẩn ngu dại; vớ vẩn, lãng phí thời gian
- làm trò hề, làm trò ngố
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) đùa cợt
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb, adjective+ noun
1 [C] a person who you think behaves or speaks in a way that lacks intelligence or good judgement
Synonym: IDIOT
Don't be such a fool! + I felt a fool when I realized my mistake. + He told me he was an actor and I was fool enough to believe him.
2 [C] (in the past) a man employed by a king or queen to entertain people by telling jokes, singing songs, etc.
Synonym: JESTER
3 [U, C] (BrE) (usually in compounds) a cold light DESSERT (= a sweet dish) made from fruit that is cooked and crushed and mixed with cream or CUSTARD: rhubarb fool
Idioms: act / play the fool to behave in a stupid way in order to make people laugh, especially in a way that may also annoy them: Quit playing the fool and get some work done!
any fool can / could ... (spoken) used to say that sth is very easy to do: Any fool could tell she was lying.
be no / nobody's fool to be too intelligent or know too much about sth to be tricked by other people: She's nobody's fool when it comes to dealing with difficult patients.
make a fool of sb to say or do sth deliberately so that people will think that sb is stupid: Can't you see she's making a fool of you? + I will not be made a fool of like this.
make a fool of yourself to do sth stupid which makes other people think that you are a fool: I made a complete fool of myself in front of everyone!
more fool sb (for doing sth) (spoken) used to say that you think that sb was stupid to do sth, especially when it causes them problems: 'He's not an easy person to live with.' 'More fool her for marrying him!' + 'I know I shouldn't have given him the money, but I did.' 'More fool you!'
more at SUFFER
+ verb
1 [VN] ~ sb (into doing sth) to trick sb into believing sth that is not true: She certainly had me fooled-I really believed her! + You don't fool me! + You're fooling yourself if you think none of this will affect you. + Don't be fooled into thinking they're going to change anything.
2 [V] ~ (about / around) (with sth) to say or do stupid or silly things, often in order to make people laugh: Stop fooling around and sit down! + If you fool about with matches, you'll end up getting burned.
Idioms: you could have fooled me (spoken) used to say that you do not believe sth that sb has just told you: 'I'm trying as hard as I can!' 'You could have fooled me!'
Phrasal Verbs: fool around
1 (BrE also fool about) to waste time instead of doing sth that you should be doing
2 ~ (with sb) to have a sexual relationship with another person's partner; to have a sexual relationship with sb who is not your partner: She's been fooling around with a married man.
+ adjective [only before noun] (informal) stupid; FOOLISH: That was a damn fool thing to do! + That fool husband of mine locked us out of the house.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 simpleton, ninny, ninny-hammer, nincompoop, ass, jackass, dunce, dolt, halfwit, numskull or numbskull, blockhead, bonehead, pinhead, silly, feather-brain, loon, goose, booby, jay, goon, mooncalf, idiot, ignoramus, dim-wit, nitwit, halfwit, imbecile, moron, clod, clodpole, clodpoll, clodpate, oaf, Psychology retardate, Scots gomerel, Colloq birdbrain, dumb-bell, fat-head, chump, twit, knuckle-head, chucklehead, nit, twerp or twirp, Brit pillock, US and Canadian jerk, retard; Slang sap, dope, Brit git, Australian boofhead:
He's such a fool he'll believe anything.
2 (court) jester, clown, comic, comedian or comedienne, entertainer, zany, buffoon, merry andrew, farceur, joker, jokester, droll, Punch, Punchinello, pierrot, harlequin:
In Shakespeare's plays, the fool is often the wisest character.
3 butt, dupe, gull, victim, cat's-paw, Colloq chump, greenhorn, (easy) mark, US fall guy; Slang pigeon, sucker, stooge, Brit mug:
His co-workers liked to make a fool out of him.
v.
4 trick, deceive, take in, swindle, defraud, hoax, cheat, fleece, cozen, hoodwink, bluff, dupe, gull, humbug, delude, mislead, make a fool of; pull the wool over (someone's) eyes, have (someone) on, pull (someone's) leg, tease, twit, Archaic chouse; Colloq kid, con, snow, do a snow job on, bamboozle, put one or something over on, pull something or a fast one on, Brit twist, Chiefly US and Canadian josh; Slang pluck, Brit nobble:
When he said the diamond was fake, he certainly fooled me. I think she was fooling when she said she'd inherited millions.
5 joke, jest, banter, tease, twit, feign, fake, pretend, make believe, Colloq kid:
She insists that she is not fooling but dead serious.
6 fool with or around or about (with). play (around or about) (with), toy or trifle (with), mess or fiddle (around or about) (with), monkey (around or about) with, meddle (with), tamper with, fribble (with):
Please stop fooling with the dials on the radio.
7 fool around or about.
(a) play or mess around or about, gambol, frolic, romp, cavort:
Stop fooling around and get serious.
(b) waste or fritter away or squander or kill time, fribble, loiter, dawdle, idle, Brit potter (about), lark or muck about or around, US putter around or about, Colloq footle:
She's always fooling around instead of getting on with her work.
Collocation
ADJ.
awful, big, bloody
(taboo),
damned, great, silly, stupid
You're an even bigger fool than I thought.
| absolute, complete, utter | poor
(= unfortunate)
| old
(= used to show sympathy, affection or a lack of respect)The poor old fool was imprisoned on my account.
| young | little
You silly little fool!
| court
court fools who used to provide entertainment in the royal court
VERB + FOOL
feel (like)
I felt such a fool when I realized what I'd done.
| look (like)
They had left me looking like a fool.
| act (like), behave like, play
Stop behaving like a fool! He thought that being an actor only involved tap dancing and playing the fool (= acting in a childish/funny way).
| suffer, tolerate
She doesn't suffer fools gladly.
| call sb | take sb for
He had taken me for a complete fool.
| be no/nobody's
(= be too clever to be deceived by sb/sth)She's nobody's fool. She had the car checked by a mechanic before buying it.
PREP.
like a ~
Like a fool, I told her everything.
| ~ of a sth
That fool of a doctor has prescribed me the wrong medicine!
PHRASES
make a fool (out) of sb/yourself
She was angry at having been made a fool of.
| more fool (sb)
I thought it was safe to leave my suitcase there. More fool me (= I was stupid to think so).
Concise dictionary
fools|fooled|foolingfuːlnoun
+a person who lacks good judgment
+a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
+a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages
verb
+make a fool or dupe of
+spend frivolously and unwisely
+fool or hoax
+indulge in horseplay
