forty
num. 四十; 四十几;四十年代
Forty is the number 40.
When you talk about the forties, you are referring to numbers between 40 and 49. For example, if you are in your forties, you are aged between 40 and 49. If the temperature is in the forties, the temperature is between 40 and 49 degrees.
He was a big man in his forties, smartly dressed in a suit and tie.
他是一个四十多岁的高大男子,穿西装打领带,看上去很精神。
The forties is the decade between 1940 and 1949.
Steel cans were introduced sometime during the forties.
钢罐是 20 世纪 40 年代时开始使用的。
1. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four
1. being ten more than thirty
forty winks
(非正式)(尤指白天)小睡
With the chill factor, it's nearly minus forty here.
加上风寒指数, 气温接近零下40度.
I don't know the exact number of people who have been invited but off the top of my head I should think there will be about forty.
我不知道被邀请者的确切人数,但不用思索,我认为会有40人左右.
He looked backward ( s ) forty years.
他回顾到四十年前.
The winning car reached a speed of forty miles —— much faster than any of its rivals.
获胜的那辆车的时速达到40英里——比它的任何竞争者要快得多.
Life begins at forty.
[谚]人生始于四十.