forty
柯林斯词典
1. NUM Forty is the number 40. 四十; 40
2. N-PLURAL When you talk about the forties, you are referring to numbers between 40 and 49. For example, if you are in your forties, you are aged between 40 and 49. If the temperature is in the forties, the temperature is between 40 and 49 degrees. 四十幾 (指40至49之間的數字)
He was a big man in his forties, smartly dressed in a suit and tie. 他是一個四十幾嵗的高大男子,穿著西服打著領帶,很精神。
3. N-PLURAL The forties is the decade between 1940 and 1949. 四十年代 (指某世紀40到49年)
Steel cans were introduced sometime during the forties. 鋼罐是在四十年代的某個時候開始使用的。
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forty /ˈfɔːtɪ/ (forties)
剑桥词典
- the number 40
- I think she gets about forty thousand pounds a year .
- She swims forty lengths a day .
- She was a successful banker by the time she was forty.
- The report notes that forty percent of lawyers entering the profession are women.
- The average person in the street is a lot better off than they were forty years ago. 返回 forty
(數字)40
thirty-nine, forty, forty-one 39,40,41
He looks about forty. 他看上去40嵗上下。
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