FOIL

[fɔɪl]

фольга; станиоль

контраст; фон

орнамент в виде листьев

покрывать фольгой

служить контрастом; оттенять чем-либо контрастным

расстройство; крушение

потеря охотничьей собакой следа

мешать; расстраивать, разрушать

сбивать со следа

рапира

фехтование на рапирах

foil: translation

1 metal in a thin sheet

▪ aluminium (BrE), aluminum (AmE), gold, silver, tin

▪ kitchen (BrE)

▪ piece, sheet

▪ roll

▪ cover sth with, wrap sth in

▪

I wrapped the sandwiches in foil.

2 sth that shows off the qualities of sth else

▪ good, ideal (esp.BrE), perfect

▪ be, provide

▪ as a foil

▪

She has used mosses as a foil for the bright red flowers in the bed.

▪ foil for, foil to

▪

The couple provided the perfect foil for one another.

Foil is used with these nouns as the object: ↑attempt, ↑coup, ↑plan, ↑plot, ↑raid, ↑robbery, ↑scheme

1. [fɔıl] n

1. фольга

2. амальгама, зеркальная наводка

3. архит. лиственный орнамент (в готике)

4. 1) контраст; фон

2) партнёр, подающий реплики исполнителю

2. [fɔıl] v

1.1) покрывать фольгой, амальгамировать

2) кул. завёртывать в фольгу (перед жареньем)

2. подчёркивать, выделять (что-л.) путём контраста

3. архит. украшать лиственным орнаментом

1. [fɔıl] n охот.

след зверя

2. [fɔıl] v

1. 1) охот. сбивать со следа (собаку)

2) одурачивать, ставить в тупик

2. расстраивать, срывать планы

1) ав. крыло, крыловидный профиль

2) подводное крыло

foil: translation

Roscius, actor, actress, antagonist, antipode, antipodes, antipole, antithesis, antonym, background, background detail, bad guy, baffle, bafflement, balk, balking, barnstormer, beat, bilbo, bilk, blast, brave, broadsword, buffalo, cast down, challenge, character, character actor, character man, character woman, check, checkmate, child actor, circumvent, claymore, coat, coating, collop, confound, confounding, confront, confusion, contra, contravene, converse, counter, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck, countermand, counterpoint, counterpoise, counterpole, counterterm, counterwork, covering, cross, curb, cut, cutlass, dash, daunt, deal, deceive, decorative composition, decorative style, defeat, defeat expectation, defy, design, destroy, detail, disappoint, discomfit, discomfiture, disconcert, disconcertion, discountenance, diseur, diseuse, dish, disillusion, disk, disrupt, dissatisfy, dramatizer, elude, embarrass, epee, evade, falchion, faze, feeder, feuille, figure, film, flake, flap, flummox, foiling, fold, foreground detail, form, frustrate, frustration, get around, get round, give the runaround, give the slip, glaive, go one better, hamper, heavy, histrio, histrion, impede, ingenue, inverse, juvenile, knock the chocks, lamella, lamina, laminated glass, laminated wood, lamination, lap, layer, leaf, let down, matinee idol, membrane, mime, mimer, mimic, monologist, motif, mummer, national style, nonplus, nullify, obverse, offset, opposite, opposite number, ornamental motif, outfigure, outflank, outgeneral, outguess, outmaneuver, outplay, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overreach, pane, panel, pantomime, pantomimist, parry, pass the buck, patina, pattern, peel, pellicle, period style, perplex, plait, plank, plate, plating, playactor, player, ply, plywood, protean actor, rapier, rasher, rattle, rebuff, reciter, repeated figure, repulse, restrain, reversal, reverse, rout, ruin, saber, sabotage, safety glass, scale, scimitar, scotch, scum, setback, setoff, setting, sheet, skin, slab, slat, slice, soubrette, spike, spoil, stage performer, stage player, stonewall, stooge, straight man, stroller, strolling player, stump, style, table, tablet, tantalize, tease, the contrary, the other side, theatrical, theme, thespian, thwart, thwarting, touch, trouper, tuck, upset, utility man, veneer, victimize, villain, vis-a-vis, wafer