folks
n. 人们; 父母; 亲人; 家属; 人们( folk的名词复数 ); 亲属; 大伙儿; 民间音乐
You can refer to people as folk or folks .
Country folk can tell you that there are certain places which animals avoid...
老乡会告诉你有些地方动物是不会去的。
These are the folks from the local TV station.
这些是当地电视台来的人。
You can refer to your close family, especially your mother and father, as your folks .
I've been avoiding my folks lately.
我近来一直在避开家人。
You can use folks as a term of address when you are talking to several people.
'It's a question of money, folks,' I announced...
“诸位,这是一个钱的问题,”我郑重其事地说。
This is it, folks: the best record guide in the business.
就是这个,伙计们,业内最好的唱片指南。
Folk art and customs are traditional or typical of a particular community or nation.
...South American folk art.
南美洲的民间艺术
...traditional Chinese folk medicine.
传统的中国民间医术
Folk music is music which is traditional or typical of a particular community or nation.
...Irish folk music.
爱尔兰民间音乐
Folk can be used to describe something that relates to the beliefs and opinions of ordinary people.
Jack was a folk hero in the Greenwich Village bars...
在格林尼治村的酒吧里杰克是人们心目中的英雄。
Folk psychology comes closer to the obvious truth than the most sophisticated theories.
比起最复杂的理论,大众心理学更接近那些显而易见的事实。
1. your parents;
This is it, folks: the best record guide in the business.
就是这个,伙计们,业内最好的唱片指南。
I can't understand why folks complain about false teeth.
我就不明白,人们为什么老是抱怨假牙的问题。
"None of them are very nice folks." — "Tell me more."
“他们都不是好人.”——“说具体点.”
These folks clearly take this ballroom thing very seriously.
这些家伙显然很拿舞厅这事当回事。
Wait a minute, folks, something is wrong here.
等一下,伙计们,这里有点不对劲。