Word · Frequency #1350
forty
基数,位于三十九之后,四十一之前,用罗马数字表示为XL,阿拉伯数字为40。
核心释义
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基数,位于三十九之后,四十一之前,用罗马数字表示为XL,阿拉伯数字为40。
The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.
四十；四十个
用法In use
There are forty students in our English class.
用法提示：forty 在此句中是基数词，作定语修饰 students，表示数量四十。
The book has forty chapters, so I read a few pages every day.
用法提示：forty 在此句中是基数词，作定语修饰 chapters，表示总计四十。
She turned forty last month and celebrated with a small dinner.
用法提示：forty 在此句中是基数词，作表语，表示年龄达到四十岁。
forty [plural noun]
There are forty students in the class.
班上有四十名学生。
forty years old
She is forty years old.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- forty winks
- 打盹儿，小睡
- I need to catch forty winks before the meeting.开会前我需要打个盹儿。
- forty years
- 四十年
- They celebrated forty years of marriage.他们庆祝结婚四十周年。
- forty percent
- 百分之四十
- Forty percent of the students passed the exam.百分之四十的学生通过了考试。
- forty dollars
- 四十美元
- The book costs forty dollars.这本书售价四十美元。
- forty miles
- 四十英里
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
four去掉u再加ty就是forty（四十）。
语境与语域Context & Register
neutral; contexts: counting, ages, prices; note_zh: 通常用于计数、年龄、价格等通用场景，无明显风格倾向。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all share the '-ty' ending and the final /ti/ sound, but they have different stressed vowels, so they do not perfectly rhyme with 'forty' (e.g., thirty has /ɜːr/, forty has /ɔr/).
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.