fifth

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num. 第五, 五分之一

发音

UK /fɪfθ/
US /fɪfθ/
UK /fɪθ/
US /fɪθ/
UK /fɪft/
US /fɪft/

词形变化

fifths 复数 fifths fifthed fifthing fifths 三单 fifthing 现在分词 fifthed 过去式 fifthed 过去分词

别名

fift fiveth 5th Vth

教材释义与例句

名词

第五；五分之一

one of five equal parts of something

形容词

第五的；五分之一的

coming after four other things in a series

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    The person or thing in the fifth position.

  2. 2.

    The person or thing in the fifth position.

    The fifth gear of a transmission.

  3. 3.

    One of five equal parts of a whole: one-fifth.

  4. 4.

    A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of an American gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters (that is, three quarters of a liter).

    美国
  5. 5.

    The musical interval between one note and another five scale degrees higher (the fifth note in a scale)

    音乐
  6. 6.

    The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.

v.
  1. 1.

    To sing in the fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.

    音乐
  2. 2.

    To support something fifth, after four others have already done so.

    非正式 及物
  3. 3.

    To divide by five.

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    The ordinal form of the number five.

    第五

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

one-fifth

上位词 5

rank interval common fraction musical interval simple fraction
形容词

同义词 1

5th

近义相关 1

ordinal

相关短语

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词源

PIE word *pénkʷe From Middle English fifthe, fifte, fift, from Old English fīfta (“fifth”), from Proto-Germanic *fimftô (“fifth”) or *femftô, equivalent to five + -th (ordinal suffix). Cognate with Scots fift, fyft (“fifth”), North Frisian fyfde (“fifth”), West Frisian fyfde (“fifth”), Dutch vijfde (“fifth”), Low German fifte, föfte, füfte (“fifth”), German fünfte (“fifth”), Danish femte (“fifth”), Swedish femte (“fifth”), Icelandic fimmta (“fifth”).

来源：wiktionary