fifty
英 [ˈfɪf.ti]
美 [ˈfɪf.ti]
- n. 五十;五十个;编号为50的东西
- adj. 五十的;五十个的;众多的
将“fifty”分解为“five”和“ty”,想象“five”这个数字穿上了“ty”这身衣裳,就像是一个小五岁孩子穿着成年人的外套,显得有些不搭,这样就能记住“fifty”这个数字是指“五和十”,即50。
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- fifty (n.)
- Old English fiftig "fifty; a set of fifty," from fif "five" (see five) + -tig "group of ten" (see -ty (1)). Compare Old Frisian fiftich, Old Norse fimm tigir, Dutch vijftig, Old High German fimfzug, German fünfzig, Gothic fimf tigjus. U.S. colloquial fifty-fifty "in an even division" is from 1908.
- 1. The village is a settlement of just fifty houses.
- 这个村子里只住了50户人。
- 2. Forty or fifty women were sitting cross-legged on the ground.
- 四五十个女人盘腿坐在地上。
- 3. He came to a halt at a crossroads fifty yards further on.
- 他在往前50码远的十字路口停了下来。
- 4. He is fifty and has been through two marriages.
- 他今年50岁,经历过两次婚姻。
- 5. Fifty civilians in Masawa were killed when government planes attacked the town.
- 马萨瓦市遭到政府军飞机轰炸,有50名平民丧生。