fortnight 词态变化
复数: fortnights;
fortnight 中文词源
fortnight 两星期缩写自古英语fourteniht, 即fourteen night. 来自古日耳曼民族用夜计时间的风俗习惯。
fortnight 英文词源
- fortnight
- fortnight: [13] The ancient Germanic peoples recorded the passing of time in units of ‘nights’ rather than, as we do, in units of ‘days’: hence a period of two weeks was in Old English fēowertīene niht, or ‘fourteen nights’. By early Middle English times this was starting to be contracted to the single word fortnight. (The parallel sennight ‘week’ [15] – literally ‘seven nights’ – survived dialectally into the 20th century.)
=> fourteen - fortnight (n.)
- "period of two weeks," 17c. contraction of Middle English fourteniht, from Old English feowertyne niht, literally "fourteen nights," preserving the ancient Germanic custom of reckoning by nights (mentioned by Tacitus in "Germania" xi). Related: Fortnightly.
fortnight 英文释义
- 1. a period of fourteen consecutive days;
- "most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight"
fortnight 双语例句
- 1. in a fortnight's time
- 在两周的时间内
来自《权威词典》
- 2. You need a break. Why not take a fortnight off from work?
- 你需要休息, 为什么不休假两周 呢 ?
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. I really feel in the pink after a fortnight's holiday.
- 度了两星期假后,我的确感到身体非常舒适.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. This work will tie me up for fortnight.
- 这项工作将使我忙上两个星期.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. A fortnight passed in a flash.
- 一晃半个月过去了.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
fortnight 实用场景例句
- He's had three accidents in the past fortnight.
- 在过去两周他出了三次事故。
牛津词典
- a fortnight's holiday
- 两周的假期
牛津词典
- a fortnight ago
- 两星期以前
牛津词典
- in a fortnight's time
- 在两周的时间内
牛津词典
- I hope to be back in a fortnight.
- 我希望在两周内赶回来。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- We arrived safe, at Boston in about a fortnight.
- 两周之后,我们平安到达波士顿.
辞典例句
- Her daughter's birthday is Monday fortnight.
- 两星期后的星期一便是她女儿的生日.
辞典例句
- The patient lived out another fortnight.
- 病人又活了两星期.
期刊摘选
- I left a fortnight ago, owing to a disagreement with the president Mr. Liu.
- 由于一自己与董事长刘男士意见不合,两星期前去职.
期刊摘选
- He has been working hard and is entitled to a paid vacation of a fortnight.
- 他一直都在辛勤工作,应该让他享受两周的带薪假期.
期刊摘选
- They were condemned to spend a fortnight of idleness at that lonely island.
- 他们被迫在那个孤岛上待了两个星期.
《简明英汉词典》
- He had been stayed in there fortnight.
- 他在那儿呆了两星期.
期刊摘选
- He clean the car once a week , a fortnight, etc.
- 他一星期 、 半月等擦一次车.
期刊摘选
- A fortnight later: that's 23 rd June. can you give me the time for a flight then?
- 两周以后.6月23号. 你能告诉我那时航班的时间 吗 ?
期刊摘选
- You need a break. Why not take a fortnight off from work?
- 你需要休息, 为什么不休假两周 呢 ?
《简明英汉词典》
- The builder said at a rough estimate the job would a fortnight to complete.
- 施工员说,粗略估计一下,这一任务要两周才能完成.
期刊摘选
- He had stayed at the pension for a fortnight.
- 他已在那个小旅馆待了两个星期.
辞典例句
- Clearly Gillard has looked too confected, and her pitch in the first fortnight sounded too scripted.
- 显然吉拉德曾研究过配制, 她在第一两周球场听起来太照本宣科.
期刊摘选
- One cannot know what a man really is by the end of a fortnight.
- 跟一个人相处了两个星期,不可能就此了解他究竟是怎样一个人.
期刊摘选
- I left them a fortnight ago, owing to a disagreement with the president Mr. Lau.
- 由于本人与董事长刘先生意见不合,两星期前去职.
期刊摘选
- They shall be forwarded to you within a fortnight and further , communication will follow.
- 该货将在两周内运去.同时, 请保持联系、为盼.
期刊摘选
- I saw him a fortnight ago.
- 我在两个星期前见过他.
期刊摘选
- With his brains he should be able to run a house for a fortnight.
- 凭自己这脑瓜,照看两星期家该不成问题.
名作英译部分
- A fortnight passed in a flash.
- 一晃半个月过去了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- I will be back home for a fortnight.
- 我会回家待两个星期.
期刊摘选
- We stopped for a fortnight at a camping site on the southern shore of that lake.
- 我们在该湖南岸的一处野营地住了两星期.
期刊摘选
- This work will tie me up for fortnight.
- 这项工作将使我忙上两个星期.
《简明英汉词典》
