English Dictionary

foil

IPA（発音記号）

/fɔɪl/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 比喩的用法 略語 別表記 短縮語

A very thin sheet of metal. / (uncountable) Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food. / A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.

日本語の意味

非常に薄い金属板 / 食品包装に用いられる薄いアルミニウムまたは錫の薄片 / 宝石の輝きを高めるため、宝石とその留め具の間に挟む薄い金属層

Please wrap the leftovers in foil before putting them in the fridge.

残り物を冷蔵庫に入れる前に、薄い金属のシートで包んでください。

意味（1）

A very thin sheet of metal.

意味（2）

(uncountable) Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.

wrap the sandwich up in foil

意味（3）

A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.

意味（4）

(authorship, figuratively) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist, but can also serve as the sidekick of the protagonist.

意味（5）

(figuratively) Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.

As she a black silk cap on him begun / To set, for foil of his milk-white to serve.

意味（6）

(fencing) A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip

Blunt as the fencer's foils, which hit, but hurt not.

意味（7）

A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.

意味（8）

(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf.

意味（9）

(hydrodynamics, nautical) Clipping of hydrofoil.

意味（10）

(aerodynamics, aviation) Clipping of aerofoil/airfoil.

foils （ plural ）