onefold

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Constituting or being indicative of a single aspect or theme. not-comparable
  2. Consisting of a single undivided part; whole; complete. not-comparable
    — There the soul is onefold, pure and chaste, and empty of all things.
  3. Simple, plain, straightforward. not-comparable
    — [Her] object was simple enough; but it was too simple—too onefold (if I may borrow an expressive word from my native tongue: ae-fauld we write it in Scotch) for the apprehension of ordinary persons[.]
  4. Singular, as opposite to plural. not-comparable
    — Ye see how ready men are to misconstrue and pervert the onefold meaning of the Lord.

词汇关系

反义词
twofold manifold morefold multifold
衍生词
onefoldness

词源

From Middle English onfold, anfald (“single, simple, honest, onefold”), from Old English ānfeald (“single, simple”, literally “onefold”), from Proto-West Germanic *ainfald, from Proto-Germanic *ainafalþaz (“onefold, simple”), equivalent to one + -fold. Cognate with Dutch eenvoud (“simplicity, easiness”), German Einfalt (“simplicity”) and einfach (“simple”), Icelandic einfaldur (“simple”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (ainfalþs, “simple”). More at one, -fold.
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