【follow音标】 英[ˈfɒləʊ] 美[ˈfɑ:loʊ]
【单词释义】 follow是什么意思：
vt.&vi.跟随，接着
vt.继承；（按时间、顺序等）接着；从事；采用
vi.理解；发生兴趣；由此产生；跟着人（或物）去（或来）
n.追随，跟随；[台球]推球，跟球打法（使竿击的球在击中目的球后继续滚动的打法）
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] follows
[单词现在分词] following
[单词过去式] followed
[单词过去分词] followed
【关联词/派生词】
following adj.后面的，其次的；下列的 n.拥护者；下列，如下 prep.随后，在…以后 v.跟随，接着(follow的现在分词)
follower n.追随者，跟随者，拥护者；信奉者，信徒
【follow形近词/近似词】
wallow v.沉迷；打滚，翻滚
fallow adj.休耕的；休闲的；休眠的 n.休闲地，休耕地
yellow adj.黄色的 n.[U,C]黄色
allow v.允许；准许；给予
willow n.柳树；柳木；柳木制品 v.用打棉机打开和清理
billow n.巨浪；如波涛滚滚而来之物 v.翻腾；涌出；鼓起
callow adj.稚嫩的；羽翼未丰的；未成熟的；乳臭未干的
swallow v. 吞下，咽下 n.咽；吞；[鸟]燕子
pillow n.枕头 v.搁于枕上；以…为枕
bellow n.吼叫声；轰鸣声 v.吼叫；咆哮；大叫
mellow adj. （瓜，果等）成熟的; （酒）芳醇的; （颜色或声音）柔和的; 圆润的 v. （使）成熟; 变柔和; 使芳醇
shallow adj.浅的，肤浅的
fellow n.同伴
sallow adj. （尤指面色）蜡黄色的,灰黄的
hallow vt.使成为神圣，把…视为神圣 n. 圣徒，圣人
hollow adj.空的；空洞的 n.洞，坑；山谷；凹陷处 v.挖出（孔、洞）；使凹陷，使下陷
【近义词解析】
◇ 遵守
follow (v. 听从，遵循)：指接受劝告、听从指示等，强调按照别人所告知、示范等的内容去做。Why didn't you follow the doctor's advice?
obey (v. 遵守，服从)：普通用词，指依据法律法规行事，也指服从某种权威。
observe (v. 遵守)：指奉行法律、协议、习俗等，常可与 obey 换用。
【单词例句】
◇ They remained silent, and did not open the door. Gray-Head crept around the house several times, and finally jumped onto the roof. He wanted to wait until Little Red Cap went home that evening, then follow her and eat her up in the darkness.
但是她们既不说话，也不开门。这长着灰毛的傢伙围着房子转了两三圈，最后跳上屋顶，打算等小红帽在傍晚回家时偷偷跟在她的后面，趁天黑把她吃掉。
---- Little Red Cap
◇ 'I've never before seen a rabbit with either a pocket,or a watch to take out of it,'she thought.And she ran quickly across the field after the Rabbit.She did not stop to think, and when the Rabbit ran down a large rabbit-hole,Alice followed it immediately.
“我从未见过有口袋的兔子，或者兔子掏出一块手表来。”她想。她跟在兔子后面很快跑过田野。她也没停下来想一想，当兔子跑进一个大的兔子洞时，爱丽丝立即跟了进去。
---- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1)
◇ The princess followed it with her eyes, but soon it disappeared. The water was very deep and she could not see the bottom.
公主的眼光追随着它，不久它就消失了。水非常深，她见不到底。
---- The Frog Prince
◇ Once she is informed of a new case, her normal working process is as follows: first, she makes appointments with guilty people for interviews.
一旦接到新案子的通知，她通常的工作程序如下：首先，她和有罪的人约了作采访。
◇ They were certainly not intended for mourning, but she had no others, and with stockingless feet she followed the poor straw coffin in them.
的确，这不是服丧时穿的东西；但是她却没有别的鞋子穿。所以她就把一双小赤脚伸进去，跟在一个简陋的棺材后面走。
---- The Red Shoes
◇ China and India have the highest numbers of smokers worldwide, accounting for 307 million and 106 million, respectively, of the world's 1.1 billion adult smokers, followed by Indonesia with 74 million, WHO figures show. India also has 200 million of the world's 367 million smokeless tobacco users.
世卫组织的数据显示，全球共有11亿成年吸烟者。中国和印度的吸烟人数全球最高，分别是3.07亿人和1.06亿人。排在之后的是印度尼西亚，吸烟者有7400万人。全球共有3.67亿无烟烟草制品使用者，其中印度占了2亿。
---- Tobacco use still a major cause of death
◇ According to Dictionary.com, fall isn't a modern nickname that followed the more traditional autumn. The two terms are actually first recorded within a few hundred years of each other.
根据词典网站Dictionary.com，fall并不是秋天的传统说法autumn的现代别称。这两个说法最早的记录相距时间不到几百年。
---- The reason why Americans refer to Autumn as fall?
◇ If you're looking to cool your jets and relax, one of the most calming colors to be surrounded by, according to a global survey from paper merchant G F Smith and psychologists at the University of Sussex, UK is navy blue, closely followed by teal-like turquoise, and soft pastel pink.
据造纸商G·F·史密斯以及英国萨塞克斯大学心理学家的一项全球调查，如果你想冷静放松下来，海军蓝是最好的选择，其次是蓝绿色和柔粉色。
---- What is the world's most relaxing color?
◇ In fact, women who took 4,400 steps per day, on average, were about 40 percent less likely to die during the follow-up period of about four years compared with women who took 2,700 steps. The findings were published Wednesday in JAMA Internal Medicine.
事实上，与每天走2700步的女性相比，平均每天走4400步的女性在大约四年的随访期间死亡的可能性要低40%。该研究结果于上周三发表在《美国医学会内科杂志》上。
---- How Many Steps You Need To Take A Day To Maintain Good Healt
◇ The new study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, drew from data from more than 1 million male Swedish conscripts between 16 and 25, who were followed for an average of 33 years from 1968 to 2005.
这项发表在《英国运动医学》杂志上的新研究查看了超100万名16岁至25岁瑞典男性士兵的数据，从1968年到2005年这些人被跟踪调查平均长达33年。