英汉词典

four 基本解释

• num. 四；四个
• adj. 四的；四个的
• n. (Four)人名；(西)福尔；(法)富尔

four 中文词源

来自PIE*kwetwer, 四，词源同cadre, tetrameter,quarter.

four 英文词源

four

four: [OE] The distant Indo-European ancestor of English four was *qwetwōr-, which also produced Latin quattuor (whence French quatre, Italian quattro, Spanish cuatro, etc), Greek téssares, Sanskrit catvāras, Russian chetvero, and Welsh pedwar. Its Germanic descendant was *petwor-, from which come German and Dutch vier, Swedish fyra, and English four.

Amongst the word’s perhaps more surprising relatives in English are carfax ‘crossroads’ (ultimately from a post-classical Latin compound which meant literally ‘four forks’), quarantine (denoting etymologically a ‘period of 40 days’), quire ‘set of four sheets of paper’, and trapeze (literally ‘four-footed’).
=> carfax, quarantine, quire, trapeze

four (n., adj.)

Old English feower "four; four times," from Proto-Germanic *fedwor- (cognates: Old Saxon fiuwar, Old Frisian fiower, fiuwer, Frankish *fitter-, Dutch vier, Old High German fior, German vier, Old Norse fjorir, Danish fire, Swedish fyra, Gothic fidwor "four"), from PIE *kwetwer- "four" (cognates: Sanskrit catvarah, Avestan čathwaro, Persian čatvar, Greek tessares, Latin quattuor, Oscan petora, Old Church Slavonic četyre, Lithuanian keturi, Old Irish cethir, Welsh pedwar). The phonetic evolution of the Germanic forms has not been fully explained; Watkins explains the -f- as being from the following number (Modern English five).

To be on all fours is from 1719; earlier on all four (14c.). Four-letter word as a euphemism for one of the short words generally regarded as offensive or objectionable is attested from 1923; four-letter man is recorded from 1920 (apparently as a euphemism for a shit). Compare Latin homo trium litterarum, literally "three-letter man," a euphemism for fur "a thief." A four-in-hand (1793) was a carriage drawn by four horses driven by one person; in the sense of "loosely tied necktie" it is attested from 1892. To study The History of the Four Kings (1760, compare French Livres des Quatre Rois) contains an old euphemistic slang phrase for "a pack of cards," from the time when card-playing was considered a wicked pastime for students. Slang 4-1-1 "essential information" (by 1993) is from the telephone number called to get customer information. The four-color problem so called from 1879. The four-minute mile was attained 1954.

four 词组搭配

four 英文释义

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

four 双语例句

1. I went through about four years of being addicted to video games.

我大约有4年时间沉迷在电子游戏中。

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2. The key issue was whether the four defendants acted dishonestly.

关键问题是4名被告是否存在欺诈行为。

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3. She denied the murder of four children who were in her care.

她否认杀害了她所照管的4个孩子。

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4. Four of them had gone off to find help.

他们中的4个人去寻求帮助了。

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5. Remove the meat with a fork and divide it among four plates.

用餐叉把肉叉走，分到4个盘里。

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four 实用场景例句

to make up a four at tennis

凑成四个人打网球

牛津词典

a coach and four (= four horses)

四匹马拉的四轮大马车

牛津词典

We were crawling around on all fours.

我们匍匐着四处爬行。

牛津词典

Don't let this go further than these four walls (= Don't tell anyone else who is not in the room now) .

走出屋外这事就不要再谈了。

牛津词典

She crawled on all fours over to the window.

她爬到窗边。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Taylor hit 13 fours and batted for 140 minutes.

泰勒打了 13 个 4 分球，击球时间为 140 分钟。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Judith is married with four children.

朱迪丝已经结婚了，有四个孩子。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Thus, the world is divided into two hostile blocks, whose members represent two warring dominions.

因此, 世界是分割成两个敌对的阵营, 各自的成员代表两种敌对的支配.

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The blackbird's nest contained four eggs.

黑鹂巢里有四个蛋.

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Take one tablet every four hours.

隔四小时服一片.

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Cranes take from four to seven years to mature before they pair up.

鹤要4至7岁才成熟交配.

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This transistor radio has four small cells.

这台半导体收音机用4节小电池.

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A square has four corners.

正方形有四个角.

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Four plus two equals [ is ] six.

四加二 等于 六.

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The Japanese team accumulated four points with one win and two losses.

日本队积四分,一胜两负.

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Four days after setting out , while the Titantic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic, a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout.

启航四天后, 泰坦尼克号在穿过北大西洋多冰的海域时, 瞭望员突然发现了一个巨大的冰山.

《用法词典》

In less than four hours my enthusiasm had waned and I rather reproached myself for coming.

不到两个时辰,我早已意兴索然,颇悔此行了.

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The post office is four squares above.

邮局在距此四街区的地方.

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The room is four metres in breadth.

这个房间4米宽.

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Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war.

战后柏林分成了4个区.

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She is four years senior to me.

她比我大四岁.

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It poured for four days.

下了四天倾盆大雨.

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Each bench will seat four persons.

每条凳子能坐四个人.

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It is certain that two and two makes four.

二加二等于四是确定无疑的.

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