1[plural] (also folks) especially American EnglishAmE people 人们
I’m sure there are some folk who would rather they weren’t here.
我敢肯定有些人宁愿自己不在这里。
Thanks to the folks at NBC.
感谢全国广播公司的工作人员。
Wait till the folks back home hear about this!
等到家乡的人听说这事吧!
young/old folkBritish EnglishBrE old-fashioned
Young folk these days don’t know the meaning of work.
如今的年轻人不懂得工作的意义。
2folks[plural]
a)especially American EnglishAmEFAMILY your parents and family 家人,家属
Is it OK if I call my folks?
我打电话给家里人可以吗?
b)PERSON/PEOPLEused when talking to a group of people in a friendly way 各位,大伙儿
That’s all for now, folks.
各位,到此为止。
Examples from the Corpus
folks• Hi folks, it's good to see you all here tonight!
3country/farming etc folk[plural] (also country etc folksAmerican EnglishAmE) literaryALPERSON/PEOPLE people who live in a particular area or do a particular kind of work 乡下人/农民等
folk• But there's 100 folk after every job.• His parents were hard-working country folk.• Most folk around here are prettyfriendly.• Stella's ambition is to get a job working with old folk.• We want to see beautiful people we can be envious of, not ordinaryfolk who remind us of ourselves.• The radiofolk have some homework to do between now and Thursday.• As with folk, it's a natural process, simply reflective.• The young folk need to have a place where they can go in the evenings.• I joined other escapingmums - and dads and younger folk and older folk too.
young/old folk• I joined other escaping mums - and dads and younger folk and older folk too.• We have an alarming number of distressing cases in our files of youngsters, families and old folk who need us.• You had to talk to those dearold folk at the Empress and I don't blame you.• From the Dwarves, the Deep Ones of the Greshorns, the oldest folk of the earth.• I used to go along to Greenbank Hospital's geriatricwards, where I sang and played to the old folk.• The young folk were emigrating enmasse.• Normally, once these older folk have attended a course they are keen to participate in others.
1RFfolk art, stories, customs etc are traditional and typical of the ordinary people who live in a particular area 民间的,民俗的
folk tales
民间故事
an Irish folk song
一首爱尔兰民歌
2.folk science/psychology/wisdom etcRFscience etc that is based on the ideas or beliefs that ordinary people have, and does not involve a high level of technicalknowledge 民间科学/心理学/智慧等
folk medicine/remedy• GUHgl-MUHgl n. A folk remedy for sorethroats and colds.• And as in folk medicine generally, if you believe it will help, it probably will.
ADJECTIVE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤decent, fine, good, honest, law-abiding正派的人;好人;正直的人;誠實的人;守法的人▸➤common, everyday, normal, ordinary, plain, regular (especially NAmE) 平常百姓;尋常的人;常人;老百姓;普通人;平民◇It's the ordinary everyday folk who come to shop at this market.來這個市場買東西的都是些普通老百姓。➤humble, simple出身卑微者;地位低下者▸➤friendly友好的人們➤rich富人➤poor窮人▸➤working, working-class工薪人士▸➤elderly, old上了年紀的人;老人▸➤young年輕人▸➤black, white黑人;白人▸➤men (usually menfolk)男人們◇He described the customs of the menfolk of his family.他描述了他們家男人的習慣。➤city, country城裏人;鄉下人◇places that appeal to city folk吸引城裏人的地方➤local當地人PHRASES➤sb's folks (= someone's parents)某人的父母◇I am going to visit my folks during the holidays.我打算假期裏探望父母。➤the folks back home家鄉父老