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

forty /förˈti/

noun

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

The numbers forty to forty-nine

The years so numbered (of a life or century)

A range of temperature from forty to just less than fifty degrees

(with cap and the) the sea area lying between NE Scotland and SW Norway, with a minimum depth of 40 fathoms

forˈtieth adjective

The last of forty

Next after the thirty-ninth

Equal to one of forty equal parts

noun

One of forty equal parts

A person or thing in fortieth position

forˈtyish adjective

Apparently about forty years old

forˈty-fiveˈ noun

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)