folly
Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicalityFoolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.
» It's folly to eat so much.
Es ist dumm, so viel zu essen.
Глупо столько есть.
Значение
значений: 4(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.
It would be folly to walk all that way, knowing the shops are probably shut by now.
Torheit, Narrheit, Dummheit
глу́постьglúpostʹ, недомы́слиеnedomýslije, дурьdurʹ
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.
The purchase of Alaska from Russia was termed Seward's folly.
Fahrlässigkeit, Eselei, Unsinn
безрассу́дствоbezrassúdstvo, при́хотьpríxotʹ, блажьblažʹ
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons.
A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly.
Zierbau, Prunkbau
A clump of trees, particularly one on the crest of a hill (or sometimes on a stretch of open ground).
- foolish or senseless behavior
- the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
- the quality of being rash and foolish
- a stupid mistake
Примеры
предложений: 34It's folly to eat so much.
Глупо столько есть.
deEs ist dumm, so viel zu essen.
Hope is the greatest of our follies.
Надежда — это наше величайшее безумство.
Not every error is to be called folly.
Не всякую ошибку следует называть глупостью.
deNicht jeder Fehler sollte als Dummheit bezeichnet werden.
That would be folly.
Это было бы глупо.
As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
Мертвые мухи портят и делают зловонною благовонную масть мироварника: то же делает небольшая глупость уважаемого человека с его мудростью и честью.
Переводы
языков: 7По значениям 2
По значениям 3
Происхождение
Inherited from Middle English folie, from Old French folie (“madness”), from the adjectiveInherited from Middle English folie, from Old French folie (“madness”), from the adjective fol (“mad, insane”).
Uncertain. The most common theory is that term primarily denotes a clump of trees and relates to French feuille, feuillée and English foliage; it has also been suggested that it refers to some perceived connection or resemblance of the named place to an architectural folly, but many places so named have no architectural follies and cannot be named directly for them.
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Формы
мн. число: folliesСинонимы
синонимов: 11- foolish or senseless behavior:foolerytomfoolerycrazinesslunacyindulgence
- the trait of acting stupidly or rashly:foolishnessunwiseness
- the quality of being rash and foolish:foolishnesscrazinessmadness
- a stupid mistake:stupiditybetisefoolishnessimbecility
Антонимы
антонимов: 1Однокоренные
связанных слов: 6Уроки к слову
уроков: 1- A1Исчисляемые и неисчисляемые существительные — Потому что оно может быть неисчисляемым