| 单词 | the fortieth man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe fortieth man The ordinal numeral corresponding to the cardinal numeral forty adj. and n. the fortieth man: one man in forty. fortieth part: one of forty equal parts into which a quantity may be divided. Also absol. and quasi-n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > forty > fortieth fortiethc1000 forty1559 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > forty > a fortieth fortieth part1735 fortieth1800 c1000 Ælfric Deut. i. 3 On þam feowerteoðan geare. c1175 Cott. Hom. 229 Drihten þa an þa furteohte deȝe his æristes astah to heofene. 1258 Charter Henry III in J. Tyrrell Gen. Hist. Eng. (1700) II. App. 25 In the two and fowertiȝthe geare of ure crunninge. 1357 Lay Folks Catech. 152 The fourtied day after that he ras..he stegh in-till heuen. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vi. iv. 89 Of hys kynryk þe fowrtyde yhere. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. vi. sig. e.vi The fourtyest daye after his resurreccyon. 1590 J. Smythe in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) (Camden) 51 Of which, scarce the fortieth man escaped with life. 1611 Bible (King James) Chron. xxvi. 31 In the fourtieth yeere of the reigne of Dauid. View more context for this quotation a1631 J. Donne Love's Diet 23 Ah! what doth it availe To be the fourtieth name in an entail? 1735 J. Swift Humble Addr. to Parl. in Wks. IV. 222 It is not above a fortieth Part in Value, to the rest of Britain. 1758 S. Hayward Seventeen Serm. v. 145 In that fortieth of Isaiah how is that Jehovah set forth? 1800 Young in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 91 55 A large card, divided..into fortieths of an inch. 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity IV. ix. vii. 126 All prelates [etc.]..were summoned to contribute at least a fortieth to this end. < as lemmas |
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