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单词 fortieth
释义

forty /förˈti/

noun and adjective

Four times ten

noun

(with cap and the) the French Academy

ORIGIN: OE fēowertig, from fēower four, and -tig ten (as sfx)

forˈties plural noun

  1. The numbers forty to forty-nine
  2. The years so numbered (of a life or century)
  3. A range of temperature from forty to just less than fifty degrees
  4. (with cap and the) the sea area lying between NE Scotland and SW Norway, with a minimum depth of 40 fathoms

forˈtieth adjective

  1. The last of forty
  2. Next after the thirty-ninth
  3. Equal to one of forty equal parts
noun
  1. One of forty equal parts
  2. A person or thing in fortieth position

forˈtyish adjective

Apparently about forty years old

forˈty-fiveˈ noun

  1. A gramophone record played at a speed of 45 revolutions per minute
  2. (with cap and the) the Jacobite rebellion of 1745

forˈty-ninˈer noun

A prospector in the 1849 gold rush in California

forty-ninth parallel noun

The parallel of latitude 49ºN, along which lies part of the border between the USA and Canada

forty winks plural noun (informal)

A short nap, esp after dinner

roaring forties

The tract of stormy west winds south of 40ºS latitude (occasionally also in the Atlantic north of 40ºN)

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