英语词汇“five-stones”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

five-stones

释义

five /fīv/

noun

The cardinal number next above four
A symbol representing that number (5, v, etc)
A set of five things or people
A score of five points, strokes, tricks, etc
An article of a size denoted by 5
A playing card with five pips
The fifth hour after midnight or midday
The age of five years

adjective

Of the number five
Five years old

ORIGIN: OE fīf; Ger fünf; Gothic fimf; Welsh pump; L quinque; Gr pente, pempe; Sans pañca

fiveˈfold adjective and adverb

In five divisions
Five times as much
Folded in five thicknesses

fivˈer noun (informal)

A five-pound note
A five-dollar bill (N American)

fiveˈ-a-dayˈ noun

(the consumption of) the five items of fruit or vegetables considered necessary to a healthy daily diet

fiveˈ-and-dimeˈ noun (US)

A shop selling cheap goods (orig costing five or ten cents)

Five Articles or Five Points plural noun

Statements of the distinctive doctrines of the Arminians and Calvinists respectively, the former promulgated in 1610, the latter sustained by the Synod of Dort in 1619 (see Calvinism)

fiveˈ-a-sideˈ noun

A form of association football with five players on each side, instead of eleven (also adjective)

fiveˈ-bar adjective

(of a gate) having five bars

five-day week noun

A week, five days of which are working days

five-eighthˈ noun (rugby, esp Aust and NZ)

A stand-off (second five-eighth an inside centre, a player positioned on the outside of the five-eighth)

fiveˈfinger or fiveˈfingers noun

A name for various plants (cinquefoil, oxlip, etc) that have leaves with five lobes or flowers with five petals
A starfish

fiveˈ-finger adjective

(of eg a piano exercise) for five fingers

five Ks see under K

Five Nations plural noun (historical)

A confederacy of northern Iroquoian peoples, comprising the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga and Seneca nations

five-o'clock shadow noun (informal)

The new growth of hair that becomes noticeable on a man's shaven face in the late afternoon

fiveˈ-parted adjective

In five parts
Divided into five nearly to the base (botany)

fiveˈpence noun

The value of five pennies

fiveˈpenny adjective

fiveˈpins singular noun

A game with five ‘pins’, resembling ninepins and tenpins (fiveˈpin adjective as in fivepin bowling alley)

fivesˈ-and-threesˈ noun

A variety of the game of dominoes

fiveˈ-square adjective (Bible)

Regularly pentagonal

fiveˈ-stones singular noun

The game of dibs or jacks played with five stones

bunch of fives (slang)

The fist

give someone five (slang)

To shake hands, or slap hands above one's head (high five) with someone in congratulation or greeting

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