folks 音标拼音: [f'oks]
n . 亲人
亲人
folks n 1 :
your parents ; "
he wrote to his folks every day "
2 :
people in general (
often used in the plural ); "
they '
re just country folk "; "
folks around here drink moonshine "; "
the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next " [
synonym : {
folk },
{
folks }, {
common people }]
Folk \
Folk \ (
f [=
o ]
k ),
Folks \
Folks \ (
f [=
o ]
ks ),
n .
collect . &
pl .
[
AS .
folc ;
akin to D .
volk ,
OS . &
OHG .
folk ,
G .
volk ,
Icel .
f [=
o ]
lk ,
Sw . &
Dan .
folk ,
Lith .
pulkas crowd ,
and perh .
to E .
follow .]
1 . (
Eng .
Hist .)
In Anglo -
Saxon times ,
the people of a group of townships or villages ;
a community ;
a tribe . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
The organization of each folk ,
as such ,
sprang mainly from war . --
J .
R .
Green .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
People in general ,
or a separate class of people ; --
generally used in the plural form ,
and often with a qualifying adjective ;
as ,
the old folks ;
poor folks .
[
Colloq .]
[
1913 Webster ]
In winter '
s tedious nights ,
sit by the fire With good old folks ,
and let them tell thee tales .
--
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
The persons of one '
s own family ;
as ,
our folks are all well . [
Colloq .
New Eng .] --
Bartlett .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Folk song },
one of a class of songs long popular with the common people .
{
Folk speech },
the speech of the common people ,
as distinguished from that of the educated class .
[
1913 Webster ]
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "
folks ":
agnate ,
ancestry ,
blood ,
blood relation ,
blood relative ,
brood ,
children ,
clansman ,
cognate ,
collateral ,
collateral relative ,
connections ,
consanguinean ,
distaff side ,
distant relation ,
enate ,
family ,
flesh ,
flesh and blood ,
german ,
get ,
hearth ,
homefolks ,
house ,
household ,
issue ,
kin ,
kindred ,
kinfolk ,
kinnery ,
kinsfolk ,
kinsman ,
kinsmen ,
kinswoman ,
kith and kin ,
menage ,
near relation ,
next of kin ,
offspring ,
people ,
posterity ,
relations ,
relatives ,
sib ,
sibling ,
spear kin ,
spear side ,
spindle kin ,
spindle side ,
sword side ,
tribesman ,
uterine kin
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