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
- He sold his horse for forty pounds.
他以40英镑卖掉了他的马。 - She was somewhat inclined to fat after forty.
四十岁以后她有点发胖了。 - I judged him to be about forty
我估计他40岁上下。 - Give yourself forty minutes at the outside.
最多给自己留40分钟。 - One hundred and forty quid for a pair of headphones, you've got to be joking!
一副耳机140英镑，你不是在开玩笑吧！ - 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。 - Forty per cent of the population is suffering from malnutrition
人口中有40%的人营养不良。 - He had a chequered political career spanning nearly forty years
他的政治生涯将近40年，其间起起伏伏。 - More than forty armoured vehicles carrying troops have been sent into the area.
载着部队官兵的40多辆装甲车被派往该地区。 - Over the past forty years plastics have revolutionised the way we live
在过去的40年中，塑料彻底改变了我们的生活方式。