单词 | four |
释义 | four /fawr, fohr/, n. 1. a cardinal number, three plus one. 2. a symbol of this number, 4 or IV or IIII. 3. a set of this many persons or things. 4. a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with four pips. 5. fours, Jazz. alternate four-bar passages, as played in sequence by different soloists: with guitar and piano trading fours. 6. Auto. a. an automobile powered by a four-cylinder engine. b. the engine itself. 7. on all fours. See all fours (def. 3). adj. 8. amounting to four in number. [bef. 1000; ME four, fower, OE feower; c. OHG fior (G vier), Goth fidwor; akin to L quattuor, Gk tésseres (Attic téttares)] |
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