fold

Compared meaning: bend or crush something to make creases (verb).

比较义项：把物体折出褶痕／使部分重叠（动词）。

• fold 本词

  Fold means to bend something over itself neatly and on purpose, usually to make it smaller or tidy; it produces a controlled, even shape, as when putting away laundry or paper.

  fold指有意地、整齐地将物体对折，通常是为了使其变小或整齐；结果是规整、均匀的形状，比如收纳衣物或纸张时。

  Please fold the towels neatly and stack them in the closet.

  请把毛巾整齐地折好，摞放在壁橱里。

• crumple

  Crumple means to crush something, often paper or fabric, into a messy mass of creases, usually carelessly or under pressure; it suggests disorder or damage rather than a tidy shape.

  crumple指把物体（常为纸或布料）揉压成杂乱的一团褶皱，通常是随意地或受压所致；它暗示凌乱或受损，而非整齐的形状。

  She crumpled the paper into a ball before throwing it in the bin.

  她把那张纸揉成一团后扔进了垃圾桶。

Fold and crumple both mean to make creases in something. Fold means to bend something neatly on purpose, often to tidy it, like paper or laundry. Crumple means to crush something, often paper or cloth, into messy creases, usually carelessly or with damage.

这两个词都表示使物体出现折痕，但fold指有意地、整齐地折叠某物，通常是为了整理或收纳；crumple指把物体（常为纸或布）揉皱、压出杂乱的褶皱，往往带有随意或损坏的意味。

Compared meaning: a line left after folding or pressing (noun).

比较义项：折叠或按压后留下的痕迹（名词）。

• fold 本词

  Fold is the neutral, general word for any line left by bending something over itself, including a deliberate, tidy fold like on a folded towel or map.

  fold是比较中性、泛指的词，指物体自身弯折后留下的任何痕迹，包括像叠好的毛巾或纸张那样整齐、有意折出的痕迹。

  There is a neat fold down the center where she folded the map in half.

  她把地图对折，中间留下了一道整齐的fold。

• crease

  Crease usually names an unwanted or messy line in cloth or paper, often something you try to smooth or iron out, though it can also mean a deliberate trouser line.

  crease通常指布料或纸张上不美观、意外造成的痕迹，往往是需要熨平或抚平的对象，不过它也可以指裤子上特意烫出的笔直褶线。

  He tried to smooth out the crease left in his shirt from packing it.

  他打包时衬衫上留下了一道crease，他想把它抚平。

Fold and crease both name a line left when something is bent or pressed. Fold is neutral and can describe a deliberate, tidy line, like on a folded towel. Crease usually means an unwanted, messy line in cloth or paper.

fold和crease在这个意义上都指物体被折叠或按压后留下的痕迹，用法相近，但crease更常带有“不整齐、意外产生”的意味，而fold更中性，也可以指有意折出的整齐痕迹。这里不比较fold作动词表示“折叠”的用法，也不比较crease作动词表示“使起皱”的用法。