| 单词 | forty |
| 释义 | forty (fɔːʳti ) Word forms: forties 1. number A2 Forty is the number 40. She will be forty next birthday. 2. plural noun B2 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. He was a big man in his forties, smartly dressed in a suit and tie. 3. plural noun B2 The forties is the decade between 1940 and 1949. Steel cans were introduced sometime during the forties. Idioms: forty winks [old-fashioned] a short sleep or rest There's nothing like forty winks to ease away the tension and stresses of a hard day. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 四十 Japanese: 四十 |
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