folly
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.
It would be folly to walk all that way, knowing the shops are probably shut by now.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.
The purchase of Alaska from Russia was termed Seward's folly.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)(architecture) A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons.
A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly.
- 4.
(largely obsolete outside place names) A clump of trees, particularly one on the crest of a hill (or sometimes on a stretch of open ground).
During the 1920s and 1930s, Folly Farms (above) [referencing a photograph of a farmhouse surrounded by large trees] was owned by Mrs. Samuel Pennington Rotan of Pennsylvania, who was involved in the effort to improve medical care for the indigent people around Ways Station. … Folly Farms was originally known as Myrtle Grove …
Động từ
verb- 1.
(dialectal)To follow.
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Nguồn gốc từ
ine-pro Middle English folie, from Old French folie (madness), from the adjective fol (mad, insane).