forty
英 [ˈfɔːti]
美 [ˈfɔːrti]
n. 四十; 四十几
Collins.5 / BNC.1350 / COCA.3734
习惯用语
n.
- in your forties
- 40多岁
between the ages of 40 and 49
牛津词典
- 四十
40 - 四十几；四十年代
numbers, years or temperatures from 40 to 49
柯林斯词典
- (数字)40
Fortyis the number 40. - N-PLURAL 四十多，四十几(指从40至49的数字)
When you talk about theforties, you are referring to numbers between 40 and 49. For example, if you areinyourforties, you are aged between 40 and 49. If the temperature isin the forties, the temperature is between 40 and 49 degrees.- He was a big man in his forties, smartly dressed in a suit and tie.
他是一个四十多岁的高大男子，穿西装打领带，看上去很精神。
- He was a big man in his forties, smartly dressed in a suit and tie.
- N-PLURAL 二十世纪四十年代(指从 1940 年至 1949 年)
The fortiesis the decade between 1940 and 1949.- Steel cans were introduced sometime during the forties.
钢罐是 20 世纪 40 年代时开始使用的。
- Steel cans were introduced sometime during the forties.
英英释义
noun
adj
双语例句
- I had to pay nigh on forty pounds for it.
我不得不为它花了将近40英镑。 - He picked up forty of these publications and read each one of them.
他从这些出版物中挑选了40本，逐一阅读。 - I went through my midlife crisis about four or five years ago, when I was forty.
四五年前，在我40岁的时候，我经历了中年危机。 - I judged him to be about forty
我估计他40岁上下。 - She was somewhat inclined to fat after forty.
四十岁以后她有点发胖了。 - More than forty Conservative MPs rebelled against the government and voted against the bill.
40多个保守党议员反对政府的主张，对法案投了反对票。 - He sold his horse for forty pounds.
他以40英镑卖掉了他的马。 - He was a big man in his forties, smartly dressed in a suit and tie.
他是一个四十多岁的高大男子，穿西装打领带，看上去很精神。 - Now I can look back on the whole tragedy from a distance of forty years.
时隔40年后，现在我可以回顾整个悲剧了。 - About forty prisoners are still barricaded inside the wrecked buildings.
仍有大约40名囚犯被困在严重损毁的建筑物中。