Definition of forty in English:

forty

cardinal number ˈfɔːtiˈfɔrdi

1The number equivalent to the product of four and ten; ten less than fifty; 40.
40 四十；四十个
York was only forty miles away
特洛伊仅四十英里远。
forty were arrested
四十人被捕。
there were about thirty or forty of them
他们大概有三四十人。
Example sentencesExamples
- The latter is used as a frame in section four, where forty pros and cons of paper versus electronic products are reviewed.
- I thought they would be hitting it forty or fifty yards past me, but that wasn't the case.
- Over the past forty or fifty years, exposure to indoor air pollutants has increased.
- Mr O'Neill said in the first three years of the operation of the anti-drugs scheme between forty and fifty players had been tested each year.
- Then, with a beating of drums, forty or fifty well-built villagers filed out of the temple and took up their stations along the side of the tank parapet.
- Some were made for one person only, others for forty, fifty or more.
- A stream bed forty or fifty feet wide is mostly dried mud, with only a pool or two of standing water.
- I had no idea what response I might get: forty or fifty signatures would, I thought, be good.
- It was taken for granted that children would accompany their parents to church and sit quietly through a sermon lasting forty to fifty minutes.
- They met men confined to prison for thirty, forty, or fifty years, no one knowing why they were there in the first place.
- It's a right-wing group with about forty or fifty thousand members around the world.
- Even then, they sometimes played to off-Broadway numbers of forty or fifty people a night.
- Considering he has authored forty to fifty books, that should be quite a project.
- Now forty thousand years ago is about as early as modern humans got to Europe.
- It may mean that you are in one of the forty to fifty thousand households with their names on the growing local authority housing waiting lists.
- I've travelled to over forty different countries in four years.
- It adds up to only 100 people around the world, but somehow there are forty to fifty organizations.
- They service 850 customer airlines in forty countries on four continents.
- Somewhere between forty and fifty people attended, and we finished sixteen bottles of champagne over a two hour period.
- The colonels are hitting the enemy with forty to fifty air strikes a day.
1. 1.1forties The numbers from forty to forty-nine, especially the years of a century or of a person's life.
  四十几；四十年代；四十几岁
  Terry was in his early forties
  特里四十岁刚出头。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Atherosclerosis poses the largest threat when people reach their forties or fifties.
  He was in his forties with curly salt-and-pepper hair and was wearing a surfer shirt.
  I think he'll really come into his own during his forties and fifties.
  Like most female professionals, women of my age in their forties and fifties dress conservatively.
  All are in their mid forties and are among the top earners in the US.
  He looked as lively and sprightly as ever despite now being in his mid forties.
  She is a small woman in her early forties with short red hair.
  Instead, it is middle earners in the private sector in their thirties and forties who are likely to get the brunt of the trouble.
  But he discovered that the connecting white matter actually grew until his subjects reached their late forties.
  All of the participants were female, and their ages ranged from the early forties to the early sixties.
  He was described as being aged in his late forties or fifties, with short, straight, grey hair.
  It probably finishes abruptly at the very awkward age of the early forties.
  Fortunately for the couple, who are aged in their late forties, it was not enough to lead to any arrests.
  The age of the grandparents ranged from the early forties to mid fifties.
  The man was in his mid forties with a long brown hair and a beard.
  And wages vary by age - peak decades for earning are our thirties and forties.
  For that matter, the trail doesn't even have to begin until a player reaches his forties.
  The couples who sit together on the benches are older, in their late twenties, thirties, forties, fifties, and so forth.
  Like most people past their mid forties, he uses spectacles to read and write.
  Five men, all aged in their thirties or forties, were arrested at the scene.
2. 1.2 Forty years old.
  四十岁
  a tall woman of about forty
  四十岁左右的高个儿女人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Now the people who went to graduate school when that started are forty, forty-five, fifty years old.
  What happens with friendships undertaken at the age of forty?
  Not for me was there a crisis at thirty, forty, fifty, or even sixty.
  I've always joked that I became a writer when I saw the age of forty coming at me.
  This was Damien's first ever race over fences at the age of forty, an age when most jockeys are thinking about hanging up their boots.
  He must have been young at that time, since he only appeared barely over forty years of age, despite a weathered face and body.
  Both feature works created since 2000 by artists who are predominantly under forty years of age.
  Look, dude, you're pushing forty.
  Doctor Jones was nearing forty, and had gotten his doctorate through the help of the military.
  Ms. Douglas was a stringy woman who was nearing the age of forty.
  Hamilton retired from the Treasury at the age of forty and returned to New York to practice law.
  The sage was at least forty years in age, and very frail looking.
  Eight are women, nine are under thirty years old, and four are above forty.
  She's past forty, and she had her last child eight years ago.
  In terms of crime control, prison cells spent on people past the age of forty are mostly wasted.
  Subconsciously imitating this legend, at the ripe age of forty, I have found myself a tutor as well.
  At the age of forty, calculations of long-term self-interest have largely prevailed over hormones.
  Just because you're nearing forty doesn't mean you have to start having anxiety attacks.
  Close to the door sits an overweight man nearing forty.
  Trying anything for the first time past the age of forty is bound to be exciting.
3. 1.3 Forty miles an hour.
  每小时四十英里
  they were doing about forty
  他们以每小时40英里左右的速度行驶。
  Example sentencesExamples
  None of us had a radar gun today, but I'm guessing Jimmy was topping out at forty miles per hour.
  I hit the rear nearside quarter of the car at just over forty miles an hour.
  Another problem is the location of forty and indeed thirty-mile speed limits miles from the town or city centre.
  I found myself cruising down the dirt road at a pleasant forty miles an hour.
  I never see it coming, but it feels like a ten-ton truck at forty miles an hour.
  I was dozing happily this morning when I became conscious of four little paws pounding up the stairs at what sounded like forty miles per hour.
  They all went whizzing by us as we tootled along at forty miles per hour.
  We chug towards home at a steady forty miles per hour.
  All I saw was a car coming straight at me, at about thirty to forty miles per hour!
  The other driver, who was fixing her makeup in the rear view mirror while driving on my side of the road at forty miles per hour, hit me quiet forcefully.
  He then started at a sprint, perhaps moving thirty five to forty miles per hour in his inhuman speed and his horrible fear.
  Something catches the driver's eye at forty miles per hour through the congested street.
  Even if they are five miles an hour adrift, the defendant was still doing forty miles an hour.
  It was four blocks before he caught up with her, and he saw with numb amazement that she was running at nearly forty miles an hour.
  It was probably going forty miles an hour when it started to break.
  To me, it appears that the light beam is outpacing you by forty miles an hour.
  He backed out and before I knew it we were driving around forty miles an hour in Timberville.
  Mac nodded, turning on the Jeep and pulling out of the driveway at forty miles per hour.
4. 1.4 A size of garment or other merchandise denoted by forty.
  （衣服等商品的）四十号
5. 1.5Tennis The third point won by a player in a game.
  up forty-love on his serve, he hit two double faults
2The central North Sea between Scotland and southern Norway, so called from its prevailing depth of forty fathoms or more.
四十英寻地区（位于苏格兰和挪威南部之间北海中部海域，该处海深普遍为四十多英寻，故名，是北海产油中心）。参见ROARING FORTIES
See also the roaring forties at roaring
1. 2.1 A shipping forecast area covering the central North Sea east of Scotland.
  覆盖苏格兰以东北海中部海域的航情预报地区

Phrases

forty winks

informal A short sleep, especially during the day.
〈非正式〉（尤指白天）小睡
I could do with forty winks right now
Example sentencesExamples
- Unfortunately, trying to catch forty winks before last night's debate between candidates Kerry and Bush was not a good idea.
- With all the commotion going on outside on Sunday, Eric retired to his favourite spot for forty winks.
- But the tiredness caught up with me, too, so while the process was running, I lay down on the sofa and took forty winks, too.
- But before you switch off your mobile, blissfully catch forty winks and let your voice mail pile up, remember that message retrieval costs Rs.1.50 per minute.
- At least they'd go out on the pitch feeling refreshed after forty winks.
- I don't think I could sleep forty winks tonight.
- When I returned the builders were in the process of packing up for lunch so I waved them off and slid under the bedcover with the intent of catching forty winks while they were gone.
- I still know where the young kids are at, and it seems most of them are head down on their desk having forty winks.
- Hain's difficulty is that he took his forty winks at a most inappropriate moment.
- So it's back to passive browsing through some of my favourite blogs, excluding the Australian bloggers who, unlike me, are catching up on their forty winks.
Synonyms
repose, relaxation, leisure, ease, inactivity, respite, time off, time out, breathing space

Derivatives

fortieth

ordinal number ˈfɔːtɪəθˈfɔrdiəθ

1Constituting number forty in a sequence; 40th.
our fortieth wedding anniversary
Example sentencesExamples
- November 23rd is the fortieth anniversary of the transmission of the first ever episode of one of the BBC's most well-known shows, Doctor Who.
- With the rail network in a parlous and overcrowded state and with a new round of cuts in the offing, it is apposite that 27 March is the fortieth anniversary of the infamous Beeching Report.
- Western Care continues to be one of the longest established charities in Mayo and this coming year the Association will celebrate its fortieth anniversary.
- a pension of one fortieth of their final salary
2Each of forty equal parts into which something is or may be divided.

fortyfold
四十岁

adverb & adjective

The argument should also be put to Genesis Power, a State-owned enterprise whose 2003-04 rates bill has increased fortyfold.
Example sentencesExamples
- Over the last 15 years, occurrences of S. enteritidis food poisoning have increased fourfold in the United States and fortyfold in Europe.
- The gap between the richest and poorest one-fifths of the world is now about onehundredfold, whereas 30 years ago it was about thirtyfold or fortyfold.
- The researchers increased the current fortyfold by decreasing the humidity from 20 per cent to zero.
- That is a fortyfold acceleration in the population growth rate, and there is no precedent for that.

Origin

Old English fēowertig (see four, -ty²).

Rhymes

haughty, naughty, pianoforte, rorty, shorty, sortie, sporty, UB40, warty

Definition of forty in US English:

forty

cardinal numberˈfɔrdiˈfôrdē

1The number equivalent to the product of four and ten; ten less than fifty; 40.
40 四十；四十个
Troy was only forty miles away
特洛伊仅四十英里远。
forty were arrested
四十人被捕。
there were about thirty or forty of them
他们大概有三四十人。
Example sentencesExamples
- They service 850 customer airlines in forty countries on four continents.
- It may mean that you are in one of the forty to fifty thousand households with their names on the growing local authority housing waiting lists.
- Even then, they sometimes played to off-Broadway numbers of forty or fifty people a night.
- I've travelled to over forty different countries in four years.
- Mr O'Neill said in the first three years of the operation of the anti-drugs scheme between forty and fifty players had been tested each year.
- Now forty thousand years ago is about as early as modern humans got to Europe.
- I had no idea what response I might get: forty or fifty signatures would, I thought, be good.
- Then, with a beating of drums, forty or fifty well-built villagers filed out of the temple and took up their stations along the side of the tank parapet.
- It was taken for granted that children would accompany their parents to church and sit quietly through a sermon lasting forty to fifty minutes.
- Considering he has authored forty to fifty books, that should be quite a project.
- The colonels are hitting the enemy with forty to fifty air strikes a day.
- Somewhere between forty and fifty people attended, and we finished sixteen bottles of champagne over a two hour period.
- It's a right-wing group with about forty or fifty thousand members around the world.
- It adds up to only 100 people around the world, but somehow there are forty to fifty organizations.
- Over the past forty or fifty years, exposure to indoor air pollutants has increased.
- Some were made for one person only, others for forty, fifty or more.
- I thought they would be hitting it forty or fifty yards past me, but that wasn't the case.
- A stream bed forty or fifty feet wide is mostly dried mud, with only a pool or two of standing water.
- The latter is used as a frame in section four, where forty pros and cons of paper versus electronic products are reviewed.
- They met men confined to prison for thirty, forty, or fifty years, no one knowing why they were there in the first place.
1. 1.1forties The numbers from forty to forty-nine, especially the years of a century or of a person's life.
  四十几；四十年代；四十几岁
  Terry was in his early forties
  特里四十岁刚出头。
  Example sentencesExamples
  All of the participants were female, and their ages ranged from the early forties to the early sixties.
  I think he'll really come into his own during his forties and fifties.
  Atherosclerosis poses the largest threat when people reach their forties or fifties.
  But he discovered that the connecting white matter actually grew until his subjects reached their late forties.
  The couples who sit together on the benches are older, in their late twenties, thirties, forties, fifties, and so forth.
  It probably finishes abruptly at the very awkward age of the early forties.
  Five men, all aged in their thirties or forties, were arrested at the scene.
  She is a small woman in her early forties with short red hair.
  All are in their mid forties and are among the top earners in the US.
  Fortunately for the couple, who are aged in their late forties, it was not enough to lead to any arrests.
  He was in his forties with curly salt-and-pepper hair and was wearing a surfer shirt.
  Like most female professionals, women of my age in their forties and fifties dress conservatively.
  And wages vary by age - peak decades for earning are our thirties and forties.
  The age of the grandparents ranged from the early forties to mid fifties.
  He looked as lively and sprightly as ever despite now being in his mid forties.
  He was described as being aged in his late forties or fifties, with short, straight, grey hair.
  The man was in his mid forties with a long brown hair and a beard.
  Instead, it is middle earners in the private sector in their thirties and forties who are likely to get the brunt of the trouble.
  Like most people past their mid forties, he uses spectacles to read and write.
  For that matter, the trail doesn't even have to begin until a player reaches his forties.
2. 1.2 Forty years old.
  四十岁
  a tall woman of about forty
  四十岁左右的高个儿女人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I've always joked that I became a writer when I saw the age of forty coming at me.
  Ms. Douglas was a stringy woman who was nearing the age of forty.
  She's past forty, and she had her last child eight years ago.
  Just because you're nearing forty doesn't mean you have to start having anxiety attacks.
  He must have been young at that time, since he only appeared barely over forty years of age, despite a weathered face and body.
  Trying anything for the first time past the age of forty is bound to be exciting.
  Now the people who went to graduate school when that started are forty, forty-five, fifty years old.
  Look, dude, you're pushing forty.
  In terms of crime control, prison cells spent on people past the age of forty are mostly wasted.
  Doctor Jones was nearing forty, and had gotten his doctorate through the help of the military.
  Hamilton retired from the Treasury at the age of forty and returned to New York to practice law.
  Not for me was there a crisis at thirty, forty, fifty, or even sixty.
  Both feature works created since 2000 by artists who are predominantly under forty years of age.
  This was Damien's first ever race over fences at the age of forty, an age when most jockeys are thinking about hanging up their boots.
  The sage was at least forty years in age, and very frail looking.
  Close to the door sits an overweight man nearing forty.
  Eight are women, nine are under thirty years old, and four are above forty.
  Subconsciously imitating this legend, at the ripe age of forty, I have found myself a tutor as well.
  At the age of forty, calculations of long-term self-interest have largely prevailed over hormones.
  What happens with friendships undertaken at the age of forty?
3. 1.3 Forty miles an hour.
  每小时四十英里
  they were doing about forty
  他们以每小时40英里左右的速度行驶。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It was four blocks before he caught up with her, and he saw with numb amazement that she was running at nearly forty miles an hour.
  I found myself cruising down the dirt road at a pleasant forty miles an hour.
  None of us had a radar gun today, but I'm guessing Jimmy was topping out at forty miles per hour.
  The other driver, who was fixing her makeup in the rear view mirror while driving on my side of the road at forty miles per hour, hit me quiet forcefully.
  They all went whizzing by us as we tootled along at forty miles per hour.
  Even if they are five miles an hour adrift, the defendant was still doing forty miles an hour.
  I never see it coming, but it feels like a ten-ton truck at forty miles an hour.
  It was probably going forty miles an hour when it started to break.
  All I saw was a car coming straight at me, at about thirty to forty miles per hour!
  To me, it appears that the light beam is outpacing you by forty miles an hour.
  Another problem is the location of forty and indeed thirty-mile speed limits miles from the town or city centre.
  Mac nodded, turning on the Jeep and pulling out of the driveway at forty miles per hour.
  We chug towards home at a steady forty miles per hour.
  I hit the rear nearside quarter of the car at just over forty miles an hour.
  I was dozing happily this morning when I became conscious of four little paws pounding up the stairs at what sounded like forty miles per hour.
  He then started at a sprint, perhaps moving thirty five to forty miles per hour in his inhuman speed and his horrible fear.
  He backed out and before I knew it we were driving around forty miles an hour in Timberville.
  Something catches the driver's eye at forty miles per hour through the congested street.
4. 1.4Tennis The third point won by a player in a game.
  up forty-love on his serve, he hit two double faults

Phrases

forty winks

informal A short sleep or nap, especially during the day.
〈非正式〉（尤指白天）小睡
Example sentencesExamples
- With all the commotion going on outside on Sunday, Eric retired to his favourite spot for forty winks.
- At least they'd go out on the pitch feeling refreshed after forty winks.
- I don't think I could sleep forty winks tonight.
- When I returned the builders were in the process of packing up for lunch so I waved them off and slid under the bedcover with the intent of catching forty winks while they were gone.
- Hain's difficulty is that he took his forty winks at a most inappropriate moment.
- Unfortunately, trying to catch forty winks before last night's debate between candidates Kerry and Bush was not a good idea.
- But the tiredness caught up with me, too, so while the process was running, I lay down on the sofa and took forty winks, too.
- I still know where the young kids are at, and it seems most of them are head down on their desk having forty winks.
- So it's back to passive browsing through some of my favourite blogs, excluding the Australian bloggers who, unlike me, are catching up on their forty winks.
- But before you switch off your mobile, blissfully catch forty winks and let your voice mail pile up, remember that message retrieval costs Rs.1.50 per minute.
Synonyms
repose, relaxation, leisure, ease, inactivity, respite, time off, time out, breathing space

Origin

Old English fēowertig (see four, -ty).

词汇	forty
释义	Definition of forty in English: forty cardinal number ˈfɔːtiˈfɔrdi 1The number equivalent to the product of four and ten; ten less than fifty; 40. 40 四十；四十个 York was only forty miles away 特洛伊仅四十英里远。 forty were arrested 四十人被捕。 there were about thirty or forty of them 他们大概有三四十人。 Example sentencesExamples The latter is used as a frame in section four, where forty pros and cons of paper versus electronic products are reviewed. I thought they would be hitting it forty or fifty yards past me, but that wasn't the case. Over the past forty or fifty years, exposure to indoor air pollutants has increased. Mr O'Neill said in the first three years of the operation of the anti-drugs scheme between forty and fifty players had been tested each year. Then, with a beating of drums, forty or fifty well-built villagers filed out of the temple and took up their stations along the side of the tank parapet. Some were made for one person only, others for forty, fifty or more. A stream bed forty or fifty feet wide is mostly dried mud, with only a pool or two of standing water. I had no idea what response I might get: forty or fifty signatures would, I thought, be good. It was taken for granted that children would accompany their parents to church and sit quietly through a sermon lasting forty to fifty minutes. They met men confined to prison for thirty, forty, or fifty years, no one knowing why they were there in the first place. It's a right-wing group with about forty or fifty thousand members around the world. Even then, they sometimes played to off-Broadway numbers of forty or fifty people a night. Considering he has authored forty to fifty books, that should be quite a project. Now forty thousand years ago is about as early as modern humans got to Europe. It may mean that you are in one of the forty to fifty thousand households with their names on the growing local authority housing waiting lists. I've travelled to over forty different countries in four years. It adds up to only 100 people around the world, but somehow there are forty to fifty organizations. They service 850 customer airlines in forty countries on four continents. Somewhere between forty and fifty people attended, and we finished sixteen bottles of champagne over a two hour period. The colonels are hitting the enemy with forty to fifty air strikes a day. 1.1forties The numbers from forty to forty-nine, especially the years of a century or of a person's life. 四十几；四十年代；四十几岁 Terry was in his early forties 特里四十岁刚出头。 Example sentencesExamples Atherosclerosis poses the largest threat when people reach their forties or fifties. He was in his forties with curly salt-and-pepper hair and was wearing a surfer shirt. I think he'll really come into his own during his forties and fifties. Like most female professionals, women of my age in their forties and fifties dress conservatively. All are in their mid forties and are among the top earners in the US. He looked as lively and sprightly as ever despite now being in his mid forties. She is a small woman in her early forties with short red hair. Instead, it is middle earners in the private sector in their thirties and forties who are likely to get the brunt of the trouble. But he discovered that the connecting white matter actually grew until his subjects reached their late forties. All of the participants were female, and their ages ranged from the early forties to the early sixties. He was described as being aged in his late forties or fifties, with short, straight, grey hair. It probably finishes abruptly at the very awkward age of the early forties. Fortunately for the couple, who are aged in their late forties, it was not enough to lead to any arrests. The age of the grandparents ranged from the early forties to mid fifties. The man was in his mid forties with a long brown hair and a beard. And wages vary by age - peak decades for earning are our thirties and forties. For that matter, the trail doesn't even have to begin until a player reaches his forties. The couples who sit together on the benches are older, in their late twenties, thirties, forties, fifties, and so forth. Like most people past their mid forties, he uses spectacles to read and write. Five men, all aged in their thirties or forties, were arrested at the scene. 1.2 Forty years old. 四十岁 a tall woman of about forty 四十岁左右的高个儿女人。 Example sentencesExamples Now the people who went to graduate school when that started are forty, forty-five, fifty years old. What happens with friendships undertaken at the age of forty? Not for me was there a crisis at thirty, forty, fifty, or even sixty. I've always joked that I became a writer when I saw the age of forty coming at me. This was Damien's first ever race over fences at the age of forty, an age when most jockeys are thinking about hanging up their boots. He must have been young at that time, since he only appeared barely over forty years of age, despite a weathered face and body. Both feature works created since 2000 by artists who are predominantly under forty years of age. Look, dude, you're pushing forty. Doctor Jones was nearing forty, and had gotten his doctorate through the help of the military. Ms. Douglas was a stringy woman who was nearing the age of forty. Hamilton retired from the Treasury at the age of forty and returned to New York to practice law. The sage was at least forty years in age, and very frail looking. Eight are women, nine are under thirty years old, and four are above forty. She's past forty, and she had her last child eight years ago. In terms of crime control, prison cells spent on people past the age of forty are mostly wasted. Subconsciously imitating this legend, at the ripe age of forty, I have found myself a tutor as well. At the age of forty, calculations of long-term self-interest have largely prevailed over hormones. Just because you're nearing forty doesn't mean you have to start having anxiety attacks. Close to the door sits an overweight man nearing forty. Trying anything for the first time past the age of forty is bound to be exciting. 1.3 Forty miles an hour. 每小时四十英里 they were doing about forty 他们以每小时40英里左右的速度行驶。 Example sentencesExamples None of us had a radar gun today, but I'm guessing Jimmy was topping out at forty miles per hour. I hit the rear nearside quarter of the car at just over forty miles an hour. Another problem is the location of forty and indeed thirty-mile speed limits miles from the town or city centre. I found myself cruising down the dirt road at a pleasant forty miles an hour. I never see it coming, but it feels like a ten-ton truck at forty miles an hour. I was dozing happily this morning when I became conscious of four little paws pounding up the stairs at what sounded like forty miles per hour. They all went whizzing by us as we tootled along at forty miles per hour. We chug towards home at a steady forty miles per hour. All I saw was a car coming straight at me, at about thirty to forty miles per hour! The other driver, who was fixing her makeup in the rear view mirror while driving on my side of the road at forty miles per hour, hit me quiet forcefully. He then started at a sprint, perhaps moving thirty five to forty miles per hour in his inhuman speed and his horrible fear. Something catches the driver's eye at forty miles per hour through the congested street. Even if they are five miles an hour adrift, the defendant was still doing forty miles an hour. It was four blocks before he caught up with her, and he saw with numb amazement that she was running at nearly forty miles an hour. It was probably going forty miles an hour when it started to break. To me, it appears that the light beam is outpacing you by forty miles an hour. He backed out and before I knew it we were driving around forty miles an hour in Timberville. Mac nodded, turning on the Jeep and pulling out of the driveway at forty miles per hour. 1.4 A size of garment or other merchandise denoted by forty. （衣服等商品的）四十号 1.5Tennis The third point won by a player in a game. up forty-love on his serve, he hit two double faults 2The central North Sea between Scotland and southern Norway, so called from its prevailing depth of forty fathoms or more. 四十英寻地区（位于苏格兰和挪威南部之间北海中部海域，该处海深普遍为四十多英寻，故名，是北海产油中心）。参见ROARING FORTIES See also the roaring forties at roaring 2.1 A shipping forecast area covering the central North Sea east of Scotland. 覆盖苏格兰以东北海中部海域的航情预报地区 Phrases forty winks informal A short sleep, especially during the day. 〈非正式〉（尤指白天）小睡 I could do with forty winks right now Example sentencesExamples Unfortunately, trying to catch forty winks before last night's debate between candidates Kerry and Bush was not a good idea. With all the commotion going on outside on Sunday, Eric retired to his favourite spot for forty winks. But the tiredness caught up with me, too, so while the process was running, I lay down on the sofa and took forty winks, too. But before you switch off your mobile, blissfully catch forty winks and let your voice mail pile up, remember that message retrieval costs Rs.1.50 per minute. At least they'd go out on the pitch feeling refreshed after forty winks. I don't think I could sleep forty winks tonight. When I returned the builders were in the process of packing up for lunch so I waved them off and slid under the bedcover with the intent of catching forty winks while they were gone. I still know where the young kids are at, and it seems most of them are head down on their desk having forty winks. Hain's difficulty is that he took his forty winks at a most inappropriate moment. So it's back to passive browsing through some of my favourite blogs, excluding the Australian bloggers who, unlike me, are catching up on their forty winks. Synonyms repose, relaxation, leisure, ease, inactivity, respite, time off, time out, breathing space Derivatives fortieth ordinal number ˈfɔːtɪəθˈfɔrdiəθ 1Constituting number forty in a sequence; 40th. our fortieth wedding anniversary Example sentencesExamples November 23rd is the fortieth anniversary of the transmission of the first ever episode of one of the BBC's most well-known shows, Doctor Who. With the rail network in a parlous and overcrowded state and with a new round of cuts in the offing, it is apposite that 27 March is the fortieth anniversary of the infamous Beeching Report. Western Care continues to be one of the longest established charities in Mayo and this coming year the Association will celebrate its fortieth anniversary. a pension of one fortieth of their final salary 2Each of forty equal parts into which something is or may be divided. fortyfold 四十岁 adverb & adjective The argument should also be put to Genesis Power, a State-owned enterprise whose 2003-04 rates bill has increased fortyfold. Example sentencesExamples Over the last 15 years, occurrences of S. enteritidis food poisoning have increased fourfold in the United States and fortyfold in Europe. The gap between the richest and poorest one-fifths of the world is now about onehundredfold, whereas 30 years ago it was about thirtyfold or fortyfold. The researchers increased the current fortyfold by decreasing the humidity from 20 per cent to zero. That is a fortyfold acceleration in the population growth rate, and there is no precedent for that. Origin Old English fēowertig (see four, -ty²). Rhymes haughty, naughty, pianoforte, rorty, shorty, sortie, sporty, UB40, warty num.1 phr. Definition of forty in US English: forty cardinal numberˈfɔrdiˈfôrdē 1The number equivalent to the product of four and ten; ten less than fifty; 40. 40 四十；四十个 Troy was only forty miles away 特洛伊仅四十英里远。 forty were arrested 四十人被捕。 there were about thirty or forty of them 他们大概有三四十人。 Example sentencesExamples They service 850 customer airlines in forty countries on four continents. It may mean that you are in one of the forty to fifty thousand households with their names on the growing local authority housing waiting lists. Even then, they sometimes played to off-Broadway numbers of forty or fifty people a night. I've travelled to over forty different countries in four years. Mr O'Neill said in the first three years of the operation of the anti-drugs scheme between forty and fifty players had been tested each year. Now forty thousand years ago is about as early as modern humans got to Europe. I had no idea what response I might get: forty or fifty signatures would, I thought, be good. Then, with a beating of drums, forty or fifty well-built villagers filed out of the temple and took up their stations along the side of the tank parapet. It was taken for granted that children would accompany their parents to church and sit quietly through a sermon lasting forty to fifty minutes. Considering he has authored forty to fifty books, that should be quite a project. The colonels are hitting the enemy with forty to fifty air strikes a day. Somewhere between forty and fifty people attended, and we finished sixteen bottles of champagne over a two hour period. It's a right-wing group with about forty or fifty thousand members around the world. It adds up to only 100 people around the world, but somehow there are forty to fifty organizations. Over the past forty or fifty years, exposure to indoor air pollutants has increased. Some were made for one person only, others for forty, fifty or more. I thought they would be hitting it forty or fifty yards past me, but that wasn't the case. A stream bed forty or fifty feet wide is mostly dried mud, with only a pool or two of standing water. The latter is used as a frame in section four, where forty pros and cons of paper versus electronic products are reviewed. They met men confined to prison for thirty, forty, or fifty years, no one knowing why they were there in the first place. 1.1forties The numbers from forty to forty-nine, especially the years of a century or of a person's life. 四十几；四十年代；四十几岁 Terry was in his early forties 特里四十岁刚出头。 Example sentencesExamples All of the participants were female, and their ages ranged from the early forties to the early sixties. I think he'll really come into his own during his forties and fifties. Atherosclerosis poses the largest threat when people reach their forties or fifties. But he discovered that the connecting white matter actually grew until his subjects reached their late forties. The couples who sit together on the benches are older, in their late twenties, thirties, forties, fifties, and so forth. It probably finishes abruptly at the very awkward age of the early forties. Five men, all aged in their thirties or forties, were arrested at the scene. She is a small woman in her early forties with short red hair. All are in their mid forties and are among the top earners in the US. Fortunately for the couple, who are aged in their late forties, it was not enough to lead to any arrests. He was in his forties with curly salt-and-pepper hair and was wearing a surfer shirt. Like most female professionals, women of my age in their forties and fifties dress conservatively. And wages vary by age - peak decades for earning are our thirties and forties. The age of the grandparents ranged from the early forties to mid fifties. He looked as lively and sprightly as ever despite now being in his mid forties. He was described as being aged in his late forties or fifties, with short, straight, grey hair. The man was in his mid forties with a long brown hair and a beard. Instead, it is middle earners in the private sector in their thirties and forties who are likely to get the brunt of the trouble. Like most people past their mid forties, he uses spectacles to read and write. For that matter, the trail doesn't even have to begin until a player reaches his forties. 1.2 Forty years old. 四十岁 a tall woman of about forty 四十岁左右的高个儿女人。 Example sentencesExamples I've always joked that I became a writer when I saw the age of forty coming at me. Ms. Douglas was a stringy woman who was nearing the age of forty. She's past forty, and she had her last child eight years ago. Just because you're nearing forty doesn't mean you have to start having anxiety attacks. He must have been young at that time, since he only appeared barely over forty years of age, despite a weathered face and body. Trying anything for the first time past the age of forty is bound to be exciting. Now the people who went to graduate school when that started are forty, forty-five, fifty years old. Look, dude, you're pushing forty. In terms of crime control, prison cells spent on people past the age of forty are mostly wasted. Doctor Jones was nearing forty, and had gotten his doctorate through the help of the military. Hamilton retired from the Treasury at the age of forty and returned to New York to practice law. Not for me was there a crisis at thirty, forty, fifty, or even sixty. Both feature works created since 2000 by artists who are predominantly under forty years of age. This was Damien's first ever race over fences at the age of forty, an age when most jockeys are thinking about hanging up their boots. The sage was at least forty years in age, and very frail looking. Close to the door sits an overweight man nearing forty. Eight are women, nine are under thirty years old, and four are above forty. Subconsciously imitating this legend, at the ripe age of forty, I have found myself a tutor as well. At the age of forty, calculations of long-term self-interest have largely prevailed over hormones. What happens with friendships undertaken at the age of forty? 1.3 Forty miles an hour. 每小时四十英里 they were doing about forty 他们以每小时40英里左右的速度行驶。 Example sentencesExamples It was four blocks before he caught up with her, and he saw with numb amazement that she was running at nearly forty miles an hour. I found myself cruising down the dirt road at a pleasant forty miles an hour. None of us had a radar gun today, but I'm guessing Jimmy was topping out at forty miles per hour. The other driver, who was fixing her makeup in the rear view mirror while driving on my side of the road at forty miles per hour, hit me quiet forcefully. They all went whizzing by us as we tootled along at forty miles per hour. Even if they are five miles an hour adrift, the defendant was still doing forty miles an hour. I never see it coming, but it feels like a ten-ton truck at forty miles an hour. It was probably going forty miles an hour when it started to break. All I saw was a car coming straight at me, at about thirty to forty miles per hour! To me, it appears that the light beam is outpacing you by forty miles an hour. Another problem is the location of forty and indeed thirty-mile speed limits miles from the town or city centre. Mac nodded, turning on the Jeep and pulling out of the driveway at forty miles per hour. We chug towards home at a steady forty miles per hour. I hit the rear nearside quarter of the car at just over forty miles an hour. I was dozing happily this morning when I became conscious of four little paws pounding up the stairs at what sounded like forty miles per hour. He then started at a sprint, perhaps moving thirty five to forty miles per hour in his inhuman speed and his horrible fear. He backed out and before I knew it we were driving around forty miles an hour in Timberville. Something catches the driver's eye at forty miles per hour through the congested street. 1.4Tennis The third point won by a player in a game. up forty-love on his serve, he hit two double faults Phrases forty winks informal A short sleep or nap, especially during the day. 〈非正式〉（尤指白天）小睡 Example sentencesExamples With all the commotion going on outside on Sunday, Eric retired to his favourite spot for forty winks. At least they'd go out on the pitch feeling refreshed after forty winks. I don't think I could sleep forty winks tonight. When I returned the builders were in the process of packing up for lunch so I waved them off and slid under the bedcover with the intent of catching forty winks while they were gone. Hain's difficulty is that he took his forty winks at a most inappropriate moment. Unfortunately, trying to catch forty winks before last night's debate between candidates Kerry and Bush was not a good idea. But the tiredness caught up with me, too, so while the process was running, I lay down on the sofa and took forty winks, too. I still know where the young kids are at, and it seems most of them are head down on their desk having forty winks. So it's back to passive browsing through some of my favourite blogs, excluding the Australian bloggers who, unlike me, are catching up on their forty winks. But before you switch off your mobile, blissfully catch forty winks and let your voice mail pile up, remember that message retrieval costs Rs.1.50 per minute. Synonyms repose, relaxation, leisure, ease, inactivity, respite, time off, time out, breathing space Origin Old English fēowertig (see four, -ty). num.1 phr.
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