English Dictionary

fold

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfəʊld/

名詞

集合名詞 比喩的用法

A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals. / (collective) A group of sheep or goats. / (figuratively) Home, family.

日本語の意味

羊やその他の家畜を囲い込むための小屋や囲い（羊囲い） / 羊やヤギの集団、群れ / 比喩的に、家庭、家族、安心できる場所

The shepherd led the tired flock back into the fold before the storm hit.

羊飼いは嵐が来る前に疲れた羊の群れを羊小屋に戻した。

意味（1）

A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.

Leaps o're the fence with ease into the fold.

意味（2）

(collective) A group of sheep or goats.

意味（3）

(figuratively) Home, family.

意味（4）

(Christianity) A church congregation, a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church; the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.

Other sheep I have which are not of this fold.

意味（5）

A group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.

Having suffered the loss of Rooney just as he had returned to the fold, Moyes' mood will not have improved as Liverpool took the lead in the third minute.

folds （ plural ）