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four
[ fawr, fohr ]
noun
- a cardinal number, three plus one.
- a symbol of this number, 4 or IV or IIII.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with four pips.
- fours, Jazz. alternate four-bar passages, as played in sequence by different soloists:
with guitar and piano trading fours.
- Automotive.
- an automobile powered by a four-cylinder engine.
- the engine itself.
adjective
- amounting to four in number.
four
/ 蹿蓴藧 /
noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
- a numeral, 4, IV, etc, representing this number
- something representing, represented by, or consisting of four units, such as a playing card with four symbols on it
- Also calledfour o'clock four hours after noon or midnight
- cricket
- a shot that crosses the boundary after hitting the ground
- the four runs scored for such a shot
- rowing
- a racing shell propelled by four oarsmen pulling one oar each, with or without a cox
- the crew of such a shell
determiner
- amounting to four
four thousand eggs
four times
- ( as pronoun )
four are ready
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of four1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of four1
Idioms and Phrases
- on all fours. all fours ( def 3 ).
More idioms and phrases containing four
- between you and me and (the four walls)
- on all fours
Example Sentences
She said she and Mark Gordon were trying to hide her baby from the authorities who had removed her previous four children.
He has not reached double figures in the first innings of his four appearances for Kent, and was out for six against Middlesex at Lord's on Friday.
Vogue鈥檚 May issue features four covers, with each of the four co-chairs showing off his signature cool.
The other four council members also did not respond to emails.
Mr Osman was one of four children and, in a statement read in court, his younger sister Anna said she "looked up to and loved" him "with all my heart".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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