单词 | the Four Freedoms |
释义 | four /fōr or för/noun
ORIGIN: OE fēower; Ger vier fourˈfold adjective and adverb
fourˈfoldness noun fourˈsome noun
fourˈ-ale noun
fourˈball noun (golf) A match played between two pairs of players, in which only the lower score of each pair for each hole is counted fourˈ-by-fourˈ or 4 x 4 noun A vehicle with four-wheel drive fourˈ-by-twoˈ noun
four-colˈour adjective (photography or printing) Involving or using four colours (magenta, cyan, yellow and black) as primary four-dimenˈsional adjective Having four dimensions, esp length, breadth and depth with the addition of time fourˈ-eyes singular noun
fourˈ-figure adjective
fourˈ-flush noun Four cards of the same suit in a five-card poker hand intransitive verb
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four-flushˈer noun fourˈ-foot adjective
fourˈ-footed adjective Having four feet four-function calculator noun An electronic calculator which can add, subtract, multiply and divide fourˈ-handed adjective
fourˈ-horse adjective Drawn by four horses four-hours /fowrˈoorz/ noun (Scot) A refreshment taken about four o'clock fourˈ-inched adjective (Shakespeare) Four inches wide fourˈ-in-hand noun
four-leaf clover noun A clover leaf with four leaflets rather than three, supposedly bringing good luck fourˈ-leaved, fourˈ-leafed or fourˈ-leaf adjective fourˈ-legged (also /-legˈid/) adjective four-letter word noun Any of a number of vulgar short words, esp of four letters, referring to sex or excrement fourˈ-oar noun A boat rowed with four oars fourˈ-o'clock noun
fourˈ-pack noun (informal) Four cans of drink packaged together and sold as a single item fourˈ-part or four-partˈed adjective
fourˈpence noun The value of four pennies fourˈpenny noun An old silver coin worth fourpence adjective Sold or offered for fourpence fourpenny one noun (old slang) A blow or punch four-postˈer noun A large bed with four curtain posts four-poundˈer noun
fourˈscore adjective (archaic) Eighty fourˈscorth adjective (obsolete) Eightieth fourˈ-seater noun A vehicle with seats for four fourˈ-squareˈ adjective
four-stroke cycle noun (in an internal-combustion engine) a recurring series of four strokes of the piston, comprising an out-stroke drawing the mixed gases into the cylinder, an in-stroke compressing them, an out-stroke impelled by their explosion and working the engine, and an in-stroke driving out the burnt gas fourˈ-wheel adjective Acting on or by means of four wheels four-wheel drive noun A system in which the driving power of a vehicle is transmitted to all four wheels (abbrev 4WD) fourˈ-wheel-driveˈ adjective fourˈ-wheeled adjective fourˈ-wheelˈer noun A horse-drawn cab or other vehicle with four wheels on all fours
the Four Freedoms The four essential human freedoms as proclaimed by US President Franklin D Roosevelt in 1941, ie freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear the four hundred (US) The exclusive social set the four seas see under sea |
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