English Dictionary

folks

IPA（発音記号）

/foʊks/

名詞

複数形 複数形のみ アメリカ英語 ルイジアナ方言 南部方言 稀用 俗語

The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents / (US) People in general; everybody or anybody. / (US, slang, rare, southern Louisiana) The police.

日本語の意味

家族（特に両親など直系家族） / 一般の人々、みんな / 警察（アメリカ南部の口語表現）

When I visit my folks, we always sit around the kitchen table and share stories from the week.

両親を訪ねると、いつも台所のテーブルに座って一週間の出来事を語り合います。

意味（1）

The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents

My folks visit us at Christmas.

意味（2）

(US) People in general; everybody or anybody.

Wilson: He's right. They endorse Royce, fine, 'the hell else they gonna do? But what they say and don't say from the pulpit the Sunday before the primary we still got a dog in that fight. Carcetti: I do this right, they respect it. Wilson: An' if they don't, at least they get to see a beggin'-ass white man on his knees. Always a feel-good moment for the folks.

意味（3）

(US, slang, rare, southern Louisiana) The police.