1Bend (something flexible and relatively flat) over on itself so that one part of it covers another.

1. 1.1fold something in/into Mix an ingredient gently with (another ingredient), especially by lifting a mixture with a spoon so as to enclose it without stirring or beating.
   把…调入；把一种调料调入（另一种调料）（尤指用勺舀起混合物来裹住新调料而非搅拌）
   fold the egg whites into the chocolate mixture

   把蛋白调入巧克力混合物。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • To finish the bisque, in a medium bowl, using a rubber spatula, gently fold the whipped cream into the bisque until smooth.
   • Add 1/2 cup of the heavy cream to the egg nog mixture, slowly folding it in.
   • Remove bowl from the machine and gently fold in the sifted flour using a plastic spatula.
   • In a separate bowl, whisk egg whites to soft peaks and fold into the mixture.
   • Gently fold the meringue into the creme anglaise.
   • Lightly whip the cream into soft peaks, then gently fold it in to achieve the required whipped consistency.
   • Fold in sifted flour alternatively with milk - mixture should resemble whipped cream.
   • Finally, very stiffly whisked egg whites are folded into the mixture.
   • Using a large metal spoon, fold the egg white into the batter.

   Synonyms

   mix, blend, stir gently

   envelop, introduce, spoon
2. 1.2no object (of a piece of furniture or equipment) be able to be bent or rearranged into a flatter or more compact shape, typically in order to make it easier to store or carry.
   （家具，设备）可折叠
   with complement the deckchair folds flat

   躺椅可平折。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • However, the rear seats do fold down flat, greatly increasing your luggage space.
   • Even the front passenger seat folds flat for those really long loads while the dual-opening tailgate is a useful feature.
   • The third row seat folds flat into the floor - either entirely, or as a 60/40 split.
   • When not in use, the cage/crate folds flat for easy transport and storage.
   • The second row comes either with a bench or captain's chairs, while the third row folds flat into the floor.
   • As each stall folds flat, the entire barrier can be packed up and moved by truck or trailer.
   • The way the back seats fold flat to create the boot and swivel round so you can watch an event or have a picnic would be a selling point.
   • The front passenger seat can fold flat to act as a picnic table or worktop.
   • The third row bench folds absolutely flat, but needs some muscle to raise and lower.
   • The whole assortment is contained in a black cordura carrying case that folds into a surprisingly compact package.
   • Although the seats don't fold completely flat, space is still ample.
   • The smaller third-row seat folds flat into the floor, with the cushion sliding forward into the foot-well, and the backrest following it down.
   • The third seat folds flat, but unlike newer vehicles, doesn't disappear into the floor.
   • Weighing only 26 ounces, the chair folds into a small, compact package and can be assembled or disassembled in seconds.
   • When the ladder is not in use, most designs have a feature that allows them to fold flat against the wall to free up additional floor space.
   • The equipment folds on to a lorry and the centrepiece is a half pipe that is hydraulically operated.
   • The back of the passenger seat folds flat to provide a useful work surface.
3. 1.3 Bend or rearrange (a piece of furniture or equipment) into a flatter or more compact shape.
   折叠，折起（家具，设备）
   the small card table was folded up and put away

   小牌桌被收拢放好。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • If more space is required, the armrests can be folded up to get them out of the way.
   • Once he was standing, he folded the chair up, and leaned it against the wall between the bed and the desk.
   • Reese had folded the seats down and laid crisp clean blankets down on them and had propped pillows up so Genesis could rest.
   • While breakfast was arriving, the tents were carefully folded up and placed into their carrying bags.
   • When you fold the seats, the Tourer is even more spacious than the Swedish pair.
   • He folds his chair and, chin high, marches across the street to a military tune that haunts his mind.
   • He nodded and reached back into the plane to fold his seat forward and grabbed their bags.
   • Three seats are folded back to facilitate a wheelchair.
   • With all the back seats used, luggage room is still a class leading 430-litres, and fold the seats away and there is 1,300-litres.
   • A longer load can be accommodated by folding the passenger seat.
   • The seats are folded down, and if I lie diagonally, I can almost stretch out fully.
   • Soccer moms would love it; so would the kids, fold the huge rear seats down, and kids can almost play soccer inside the vehicle.
   • Both mirrors can also be folded flat when passing space is at a premium.
   • The usual set-up of tables was gone, leaving the area blank; the tables were folded up and shoved to the various walls.
   • When not in use, the fishing apparatus is folded back along the second dorsal spine and tucked safely away.
   • When all seats are folded, the vehicle provides more than 90 cubic feet of cargo space.
   • The seats are set higher and the rear ones have a slide adjustment and can also be folded flat into the floor.
   • You, Tony, have got to be willing to sweep the floor and fold the chairs.
   • You can swiftly restore this area to its primitive state, of course, by folding the seats aside and reversing the rug.
   • Without showing any signs of difficulty, she folded the chair using only one hand, and walked off.
4. 1.4fold outno object Be able to be opened out; unfold.
   能被摊开；打开
   the sofa folds out

   沙发可以摊开。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The plastic marvel even had a sort of visor that folded out to keep the drops off Marge's thick bifocals.
   • I'm excited too, because it means I get to buy lots of cool stuff that folds out.
   • The sofa folds out into a bed - which is fully made and fairly comfortable.
   • I liked the nicely designed menu, which folds out into a triangular shape.
   • The result of their work was a calendar, which will come in a CD box and can be folded out to sit on a desk, or table.
   • The steel frame and the scrim it supports are folded out at the base and extended around the open edges of the piazza as a canopy.
   • The Screen Machine folds out like a clever bit of metal origami.
   • The main door popped open and the stairs folded out.
   • On the courtyard side, full-height panels made of perforated aluminium fold out crisply like a concertina to open up the house.
   • It is made in sections, with pre-formed grooves, and folds out to low coffee-table height - ideal for picnics.
5. 1.5Geology Cause (rock strata) to undergo bending or curvature.
   〔地质〕使（岩石层）形成褶皱
   a more active period of igneous activity caused intense folding

   更活跃的火成活动期使岩层发生强烈褶皱。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The Mesozoic layers, probably SW-tilted after the Mesozoic extension, were also folded.
   • Even the youngest Triassic rocks are strongly folded, in places by isoclinal, recumbent folds.
   • These units have been strongly folded and thrust during the Miocene.
   • In the outcrop, this is a low-dipping cleavage folded by open steep folds.
   • Cross-cutting dykes are folded, partly transposed or boudinaged in the gneissose foliation.
6. 1.6Biochemistry (of a polypeptide or polynucleotide chain) adopt a specific three-dimensional structure.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Membrane and water-soluble proteins commonly fold into bundles of alpha-helices.
   • The rate at which proteins fold decreases with increasing complexity of their folds, a ‘topological’ effect.
   • Following cleavage of the 24 amino acid signal peptide the protein folds into proinsulin.
   • Most small proteins can spontaneously fold to form biologically functional structures.
   • There were also force curves consistent with an attachment of a globular structure folded by an entangled DNA molecule.

2with adverbial Cover or wrap something in (a soft or flexible material)

书用塑料袋裹着。

1. 2.1 Hold or clasp (someone) in one's arms affectionately or passionately.
   抱，拥抱
   Bob folded her in his arms

   鲍勃将她揽入怀中亲吻。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • He folded her in a painful embrace and held onto her as if he was hanging on for sweet life itself.
   • Irene finally found the concern that she was looking for when Griffin folded her into a hug.
   • Bending his head, he pressed his lips gently against her own, folding her in his embrace before she could shy away.
   • As soon as we could free her wrists and ankles, she sat up and I folded her into the biggest hug I could muster.
   • He walks over to you and folds you gently into his arms.
   • Trent came up behind Ally and folded her into his arms.
   • Kyle folds her into his arms, and though she struggles to sit up, to raise her head, he holds her on her back like she's a newborn.
   • He says nothing, and I chuckle, folding him into my arms and pulling the covers up over both of us.
   • Mark folded me into his arms, but didn't say a word.
   • She laughed and hugged him, folding him in her wings for a second.
   • One wing tip caressed Yuki's hair, then folded her into a tight embrace.
   • He whispered when he reached her, folding her in his arms.
   • He went to his new bride and, kneeling on the floor next to her chair, folded her into his embrace.
   • He folded her into his arms, forgetting that he knew her arms were a great treachery.
   • Jess walked over and let herself be folded into a comforting embrace, lifted up until she was seated securely on his lap.
   • He folded me in his arms and I stayed there with my arms closed.
   • Alexander folded her into his arms and gently stroked her sun golden hair.
   • It was Isobel, who rushed towards her and folded her into her arms.
   • Lyn folds Steph up in her bingo wings and says ‘Oh sweetheart, good heavens, what's happened?’
   • She was at least half a head taller than Rhyll, and folded him in a huge embrace, lifting him off the ground.

   Synonyms

   enfold, wrap, wrap up, envelop

   take, gather, clasp, squeeze, clutch

   embrace, hug, cuddle, cradle

   literary embosom

   archaic strain

3informal no object (of an enterprise or organization) cease trading or operating as a result of financial problems.

这家俱乐部今年早些时候停业了。

1. 3.1 (especially of a sports player or team) suddenly stop performing well or effectively.
   （尤指运动员或运动队）突然不在状态（或发挥失常）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Weaker teams would have folded after the trauma of their captain's banishment.
   • He's as calm under pressure as any other player on this roster and won't fold in the pressure-cooker of the World Cup.
   • On a day when the boo birds were out and the team could have folded, Brooks sparked an important victory.
   • They've been there, they've done it, they rarely fold under psychological pressure.
   • Their bargain-bin lineup has a Triple-A whiff to it, and they could easily fold in the second half, like they did last season.
   • I was surprised by how quickly the Dublin team folded and threw in the towel once Dara Ó Cinnéide scored his goal.
   • Not so long ago, a GB team would have folded when the Aussies hit back with a couple of tries but they showed immense character - it was great to see.
   • Then, this summer, our adopted Italian team folded with debts in the region of £100 million and the entire squad was put up for sale.
   • The Oilers had some success with it, sure, but they always folded in the playoffs.
   • In the past, especially in big games, Stewart has folded when given the team's lead role.
   • Fermanagh teams would fold when the finishing line was in sight, they wouldn't be able to cross it.
   • After the last player folded and the game broke up, whatever civility the two sides had mustered quickly evaporated.
   • They couldn't hold it, but a statement was made - Parcells' team wouldn't fold.
   • ‘Those other teams would always fold one way or the other; you could count on it,’ says one SEC assistant coach.
   • But, I was surprised when the Lankan team folded up under two sessions in the second innings of this Test.
   • The team could easily have folded; they had an automatic crutch.
   • The team is folding under pressure, and coach Pat Riley is getting angry.
   • Experienced, disciplined teams can frustrate the Tigers, who can fold under pressure.
   • Teams so often fold up facing a mountainous task like the one before Australia.
   • I remember the good ole days when Laura would totally fold under the pressure.
2. 3.2 (in poker and other card games) drop out of a hand.
   （玩扑克的人）将牌面朝下放表示放弃一盘
   Example sentencesExamples

   • When folding you permanently drop out of the betting and sacrifice any money you have already put into the pot during that deal.
   • One player folds, and Ness is left to deal with the man who has the biggest stack at the table.
   • Weak players fold to these bets much more than they should.
   • A player folds by discarding her hand immediately face down on the table.
   • I bet, get raised, and we end up capping it with the other player folding.

1A form or shape produced by the gentle draping of a loose, full garment or piece of cloth.

织物下垂，微微起褶。

1. 1.1 An area of skin that sags or hangs loosely.
   皮肤褶皱
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Skin discoloration is common in areas of the body that are covered by folds of skin or tight clothing.
   • He had a smile on his face that turned his eyes into tiny glimmers amid the folds of his skin.
   • They have been completed to the finest detail - from the curving jaws to the tiniest folds of the skin or even the glint in the eyes.
   • They are attracted to areas where the skin is thinner: folds around the ankles, backs of knees, waist, and underarms.
   • Along her arms were folds of skin which were actually folded fins along with webbed hands.
   • It was in form more like a wolf, with bloated, powerful muscles covered in brown folds of skin.
   • However patches can occur on the face or other parts of the body, especially folds of the skin.
   • I pulled them out and the folds of skin fit back together almost seamlessly.
   • The other was comically fat, with folds of dead yellow skin hanging in a halo around his massive neck.
   • She ran up to Cathal and wrapped her arms around his neck, practically burying her head in the folds of skin on his neck.
   • Others have the gaunt, skull-like features and folds of skin you will have seen from television pictures of previous famines.
   • It was eyeless and had no ears, the folds of its skin creating the effect that its hide would fall from its bones at a moment's notice.
   • This is characterised by areas of skin in folds or creases, becoming dry with large smooth red patches.
   • Nails grow out of deep folds in the skin of the fingers and toes.
   • They may be present at birth or caused by ingrown hairs in the folds of the skin.
   • Males have bushy white tails and folds of brilliant blue skin on their faces.
   • But scales are folds in skin; feathers are complex structures with a barb, barbules and hooks.
   • Their beady yellow eyes were buried in folds of jaundiced skin that swam and bubbled from the heat.
   • The rough folds of skin at the corners of the familiar eyes became taut and she grimaced in pitiful disgust.
   • His face was so thick with sorrow it seemed to hang in the folds of the skin.

2British A slight hill or hollow in the ground.

房子位于山间起伏处。

1. 2.1Geology A bend or curvature of strata.
   〔地质〕岩层褶皱
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Asymmetrical folds and axial planar quartz veins, isoclinal and rootless folds and boudinage of chert layers are common.
   • Along the eastern margin of the nappe folds verge to the east and the cleavage fans until it dips westward.
   • In the footwall of the antithetic fault, a drag fold creates an anticline which is best seen in quarry Q1.
   • The Delamerian Orogen is a compressional orogen developed by westward vergent folds and thrust faults.
   • In the study area, the surface geology of the foreland fold and thrust belt is dominated by the south Urals accretionary complex.

3A line or crease produced in paper or cloth as the result of folding it.

1. 3.1 A piece of paper or cloth that has been folded.
   折起的纸（或布）
   a fold of paper slipped out of the diary

   一张折起的纸从日记中滑落。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Then I began to open the slippery paper out of its folds.
   • The kind man untied her bonds and handed her a mass of folds of blue cloth.
   • The computer paper continued to pile up in lengthy white folds.
   • The man went back inside and a few minutes later returned with a fold of paper.
   • Instead Sunil clenches his paper into folds, picks up his case, and gets off at Waterloo.
   • Laser-printed folds of computer paper began to spill from a slot in the far wall and form a stack on the floor.
   • Carefully, she opened the letter and slid the paper out of its fold.
   • So I put a fold of toilet paper over the stains and soaked the paper in sodium hypochlorite.

1A pen or enclosure in a field where livestock, especially sheep, can be kept.

1. 1.1the fold A group or community, especially when perceived as having shared aims and values.
   （尤指持特定目标和价值观的）组织，团体
   government whips tried to persuade the waverers back into the fold

   执政党的组织秘书试图劝动摇者回到本党中来。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Stevens, an industry veteran, comes on board in time to work the company's recent McKesson Water and Naya acquisitions into the fold.
   • But when we come down to driving the business and pushing performance, we bring everybody into the fold.
   • Only if the other lions accept him into their fold, would Simba be released into the lion enclosure.
   • Its organizers are working hard to bring new readers to the fold.
   • In establishing the Roadmap, NIH purposefully intended to usher new researchers and new fields into the fold.
   • He returned to the fold of Congress Party in 1996 and remained in it till he died.
   • But if there were a single comic to turn the tide, and bring new readers into the fold, then Runaways would be it.
   • From Madagascar and Mexico, these vines have spread their flavour to the remotest corners of Kerala enticing farmers into its fold.
   • This time we felt less like lone sheep in the pasture and more welcomed to the fold.
   • South Africa's readmission into the African fold has given Chicco fresh sources of inspiration.
   • Once in the fold of the culture of jazz, you would find your own rhythm and feel energised, right from the start.
   • Sinjun prayed fervently they'd accept her into the fold.
   • Only after aging and settling down was Sultan accepted into the fold.
   • The latest Golf is set by its designers to hold onto the faithful and garner a few more congregations to the fold.
   • I must admit, as a confirmed stamper, I've been a bit hesitant to accept scrapbookers into the fold.
   • Andy does his part to look the part by snuggling up to the newest member of his fold.
   • The community accepted me into the fold immediately - how could they not?
   • And a beautiful, filthy-rich Westmount student communist uses her charms to lure him into the fold.
   • Angel killed Jenny, but he has been accepted back into the fold.
   • But as 2004 brought back some musical exiles to the fold, so it saw its share of departures.

   Synonyms

   community, company, group, body, mass, throng, congregation, assembly

   Church, church membership, brethren, parishioners, churchgoers

   informal flock

Shut (livestock) in a fold.