| 单词 | second five-eighth |
| 释义 | five /fīv/noun
ORIGIN: OE fīf; Ger fünf; Gothic fimf; Welsh pump; L quinque; Gr pente, pempe; Sans pañca fiveˈfold adjective and adverb
fivˈer noun (informal)
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
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
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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