foil
英[fɔɪl]美[fɔɪl]
- vt. 衬托；阻止，挡开；挫败；贴箔于
- n. 箔，金属薄片；衬托，烘托；叶形片
- abbr. 面向文件的翻译语言（file-Oriented interpretive language）
- n. (Foil)人名；(英)福伊尔
英英释意
- 1. a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal;
- "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"
- 2. anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities;
- "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"
- 3. a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through;
- "the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils"
- 4. picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
- 5. a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button