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日本語WordNet
a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"
anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"
a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through; "the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils"
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
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AIによる解説
A noun meaning thin metal sheet (like aluminum foil), or a person who contrasts with another; also a verb meaning to prevent from succeeding.
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Ernest Rutherford conducted the famous gold foil experiment.
アーネスト・ラザフォードは有名な金箔実験を行った。
Ernest Rutherford discovered the atomic nucleus through his gold foil experiment.
アーネスト・ラザフォードは金箔実験を通じて原子核を発見した。
His famous gold foil experiment led to First Baron Rutherford of Nelson discovering the nucleus.
彼の有名な金箔実験により、初代ネルソン・ラザフォード男爵は原子核を発見した。
The villain's bastardly plot was eventually foiled.
悪党の卑劣な陰謀は最終的に挫折した。
Pronunciation data from ipa-dict (MIT License) based on cmudict-ipa by @lingz