"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"
"his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
1.人们;大家
You can refer to people asfolk orfolks .
e.g. Countryfolk can tell you that there are certain places which animals avoid...
老乡会告诉你有些地方动物是不会去的。
e.g. These are the folks from the local TV station.
这些是当地电视台来的人。
2.亲人;家人;(尤指)双亲
You can refer to your close family, especially your mother and father, as yourfolks .
e.g. I've been avoiding my folks lately.
我近来一直在避开家人。
3.(与人交谈时的称呼)大伙儿,诸位
You can usefolks as a term of address when you are talking to several people.
e.g. 'It's a question of money, folks,' I announced...
“诸位,这是一个钱的问题,”我郑重其事地说。
e.g. This is it,folks: the best record guide in the business.
就是这个,伙计们,业内最好的唱片指南。
4.(艺术或习俗)大众的,民俗的
folk art and customs are traditional or typical of a particular community or nation.
e.g. ...South Americanfolk art.
南美洲的民间艺术
e.g. ...traditional Chinesefolk medicine.
传统的中国民间医术
5.(音乐)大众的,民间的
folk music is music which is traditional or typical of a particular community or nation.
e.g. ...Irishfolk music.
爱尔兰民间音乐
6.大众的;普通百姓的
folk can be used to describe something that relates to the beliefs and opinions of ordinary people.
e.g. Jack was afolk hero in the Greenwich Village bars...
在格林尼治村的酒吧里杰克是人们心目中的英雄。
e.g. folk psychology comes closer to the obvious truth than the most sophisticated theories.
比起最复杂的理论,大众心理学更接近那些显而易见的事实。
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1. 民族:l }l(Pn)格利高里夫人(Lady Augusta Gregory)在结识叶芝之初,就注意到了这位胸怀远大的年轻诗期的民族斗争,有着如此悠久的文学传统,富于如此不羁的民族(folk)想象,只要她的文学还是民族的,
名词复数::folk