单词 | forty |
释义 | forty /fawr"tee/, n. , pl. forties, adj. n. 1. a cardinal number, ten times four. 2. a symbol for this number, as 40 or XL or XXXX. 3. a set of this many persons or things. 4. forties, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 40 through 49, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or degrees of temperature: His office is in the West Forties. Her parents are in their forties. The temperature will be in the forties. adj. 5. amounting to 40 in number. [bef. 950; ME fourti, OE feowertig (c. OFris fiuwertich, OHG fiorzug, G vierzig). See FOUR, -TY1] |
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