fourth

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num. 第四, 四分之一

发音

UK /fɔːθ/
US /fɔɹθ/
/fo(ː)ɹθ/
/foəθ/

词形变化

fourths 复数 fourths fourthed fourthing fourths 三单 fourthing 现在分词 fourthed 过去式 fourthed 过去分词

别名

forth 4th foorth fouth IIIIth IVth

教材释义与例句

名词

第四，月的第四日；四分之一

the fourth thing in a series

形容词

第四的，第四个的；四分之一的

coming after three other things in a series

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The person or thing in the fourth position.

  2. 2.

    A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.

    美国
  3. 3.

    The fourth gear of an engine.

  4. 4.

    A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).

    音乐
  5. 5.

    One sixtieth of a third or tierce.

    罕用 天文
v.
  1. 1.

    To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been thirded.

    非正式
adj.
  1. 1.

    The ordinal form of the number four.

    第四

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

quarter fourth part one-fourth quartern

上位词 5

rank interval common fraction musical interval simple fraction
形容词

同义词 2

4th quaternary

近义相关 1

ordinal

相关短语

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词源

Inherited from Middle English fourthe, an alteration (due to four) of ferthe, from Old English fēorþa, fēowerþa, from Proto-West Germanic *feurþō, from Proto-Germanic *fedurþô, equivalent to four + -th (ordinal suffix). Cognates Compare West Frisian fjirde, Saterland Frisian fjädde, fjoode, Dutch vierde, German Low German feerde, feerd, German vierte, Danish fjerde, Icelandic fjórði.

来源：wiktionary