four

four
cardinal number
  1. equivalent to the product of two and two; one more than three, or six less than ten; 4(Roman numeral: iv or IV, archaic iiii or IIII.)
    四;四个(罗马数字： iv 或 IV，古iiii 或 IIII.)
    Francesca's got four brothers.
    弗朗西斯卡有四个兄弟。
    it took four of them to lift it.
    他们四个人一起才把它抬了起来。
    a four-bedroom house.
    四卧室住宅。
    ■a group or unit of four people or things
    四个人（或物）一组
    the girls walked in pairs or fours.
    女孩子们或两人或四人一组走。
    ■four years old
    四岁
    I began to teach myself to read at four.
    我四岁时自学阅读。
    ■four o'clock
    四点钟
    it's half past four.
    四点半。
    ■(Cricket)a hit that reaches the boundary after first striking the ground, scoring four runs
    (板球)四分的一击。 比较 six
    ■a size of garment or other merchandise denoted by four
    （衣服等商品的）四号
    ■a playing card or domino with four pips
    四点的纸牌（或多米诺骨牌）
    ■a four-oared rowing boat or its crew
    四桨赛艇（或其队员）。 参见 fours
    the British women's coxed four.
    英国四桨有舵手赛艇女队。
常用词组
the four freedoms
  1. the four essential human freedoms as proclaimed in a speech to Congress by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear
    四大自由（富兰克林•德•罗斯福1941年国会演讲中宣布，即：　言论和表达自由、信仰自由、不虞匮乏的自由和避免恐惧的自由）
four noble truths
  1. the four central beliefs containing the essence of Buddhist teaching
    （佛教教义精华）四谛。 见 Buddhism
语源
  1. Old English fēower, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German vier, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin quattuor and Greek tessares
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