Fold Clothes - 英语词汇详解

Meaning 1：fold clothes (Fold Clothes)

Fold Clothes 🔊

/foʊld kloʊðz/

v. phr.

To neatly bend and arrange clothes to make them flat and organized, often before storing them.

fold clothes 🔊

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/foʊld kloʊðz/

v. phr.

The action of neatly bending and arranging clothing items to make them compact and organized, typically after washing.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Beginner

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

'Fold' from Old English 'fealdan' (to bend), 'clothes' from Old English 'clāþ' (cloth).

💡 Mnemonic

Imagine folding a shirt into a rectangle, like a letter in an envelope.

📖 Example

After taking the warm laundry out of the dryer, she sat on the sofa to fold clothes while watching her favorite show. 🔊 After taking the warm laundry out of the dryer, she sat on the sofa to fold clothes while watching her favorite show.

🔗 Collocations

fold clothes neatly – to fold clothes in a tidy and precise manner

fold clothes and put away – to fold clothes and store them in their proper places

fold clothes before ironing – to fold clothes as a step prior to ironing

🔄 Synonyms

fold laundry (v. phr.) – To fold and organize laundry items, especially after drying.

neaten clothes (v. phr.) – To straighten and arrange clothes to make them tidy.

🚫 Antonyms

crumple clothes (v. phr.) – To crush or wrinkle clothes, making them untidy.

🌱 Derivatives

clothes folding (n.) – The act or process of folding clothing items.

📖 Cultural Story

Common household phrase derived from the practice of arranging garments to prevent wrinkles. The word 'fold' has ancient Germanic roots, used in English since the 8th century.