释义
[ fawr -tee-too ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈfɔr tiˈtu / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun a cardinal number, 40 plus 2.
a symbol for this number, as 42 or XLII.
a set of this many persons or things.
a game for two persons or two partnerships played with dominoes but based upon the rules for all fours.
adjective amounting to 42 in number.
Words nearby forty-two forty-seventh, forty-six, forty-sixth, forty-third, forty-three, forty-two , forty winks, forum, For want of a nail the kingdom was lost, forward, forward bias
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When the patient was five years old the father died suddenly from a stroke, at the age of forty-two .
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Almost all extended to the mountains which surround the Campagna, even reaching a length of forty-two Roman miles.
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