fortnight 英 [ˈfɔ:tnaɪt] 　 美 [ˈfɔrtnaɪt]

fortnight

fortnight　 英 [ˈfɔ:tnaɪt] 美 [ˈfɔrtnaɪt]

n. 两星期　

名词复数:fortnights　

a fortnight's holiday　两周的假期
a fortnight ago　两星期以前

  • A fortnight is fourteen nights, or two weeks. This word isn't used much in American English, but you'll come across it if you travel to England — or read a lot of old British novels.
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  • n. 两星期

  • 1. a fortnight's holiday

    两周的假期

  • 2. a fortnight ago

    两星期以前

  • 3. in a fortnight's time

    在两周的时间内

  • 4. He's had three accidents in the past fortnight.

    在过去两周他出了三次事故。

  • fortnight (n.) "period of two weeks," 17c. contraction of Middle English fourteniht, from Old English feowertyne niht, literally "fourteen nights" (see fourteen + night). It preserves the ancient Germanic custom of reckoning by nights (mentioned by Tacitus in "Germania" xi). Related: Fortnightly.
fort·night / ˈfɔːtnaɪt ; NAmE ˈfɔːrtnaɪt / noun [usually singular ] ( BrE) two weeks 两星期 ◆ a fortnight's holiday 两周的假期 ◆ a fortnight ago 两星期以前 ◆ in a fortnight's time 在两周的时间内 ◆ He's had three accidents in the past fortnight. 在过去两周他出了三次事故。 fortnight fortnights fort·night / ˈfɔːtnaɪt ; NAmE ˈfɔːrtnaɪt /
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