foil
suomi-englanti sanakirjafoil englannista suomeksi
estää
kiinnittää tausta
koroste
dia
siipi
korostaa
metallilehti, folio
floretti
Substantiivi
foil englanniksi
A very thin sheet of metal.
Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
(ux)
A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist, but can also serve as the sidekick of the protagonist.
(quote-web) leads the best film yet in the Shrek franchise|work=AV Club|url=https://www.avclub.com/puss-in-boots-the-last-wish-movie-review-shrek-1849898836|passage=As Puss comes to realize his legendary status is not a substitute for interpersonal connection, his interactions with Kitty and the therapy dog start to take on a surprising amount of weight, while Goldilocks serves as a well-realized foil who has more in common with Puss that is at first apparent.
Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
(RQ:Sidney Arcadia)
1725-1726, (w), ''The Odyssey''
- Hector has also a foil to set regard
A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
(RQ:Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing)
1784-1810, (w), ''History of Greece''
- Socrates contended with a foil against Demosthenes with a sword.
A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See (m).
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(clipping of)
To cover or wrap with foil.
To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
(quote-journal)
To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
(RQ:Suetonius Holland Caesars)
(RQ:Dryden Aeneis)
(RQ:Byron Childe Harold)
(RQ:Thackeray Pendennis)
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To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
(RQ:Spectator)
To tread underfoot; to trample.
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Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
(RQ:Milton Paradise Regained)
{{quote-text|en|year=1685|author=John Dryden|title=Threnodia Augustalis
One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
(RQ:Fielding Tom Jones)but after giving her a dodge, here's another b— follows me upon the foil.
To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.
leaf (green appendage of a plant which photosynthesizes)
(RQ:sga:Glosses)
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