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four

英 [fɔː] 美[fɔr]

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num. 四；四个
adj. 四的；四个的
n. (Four)人名；(西)福尔；(法)富尔

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中文词源

four 四

来自PIE*kwetwer, 四，词源同cadre, tetrameter,quarter.

英英释意

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

英文词源

four: four: [OE] The distant Indo-European ancestor of English four was *qwetwōr-, which also produced Latin quattuor (whence French quatre, Italian quattro, Spanish cuatro, etc), Greek téssares, Sanskrit catvāras, Russian chetvero, and Welsh pedwar. Its Germanic descendant was *petwor-, from which come German and Dutch vier, Swedish fyra, and English four.

Amongst the word’s perhaps more surprising relatives in English are carfax ‘crossroads’ (ultimately from a post-classical Latin compound which meant literally ‘four forks’), quarantine (denoting etymologically a ‘period of 40 days’), quire ‘set of four sheets of paper’, and trapeze (literally ‘four-footed’).
=> carfax, quarantine, quire, trapeze
four (n., adj.): Old English feower "four; four times," from Proto-Germanic *fedwor- (cognates: Old Saxon fiuwar, Old Frisian fiower, fiuwer, Frankish *fitter-, Dutch vier, Old High German fior, German vier, Old Norse fjorir, Danish fire, Swedish fyra, Gothic fidwor "four"), from PIE *kwetwer- "four" (cognates: Sanskrit catvarah, Avestan čathwaro, Persian čatvar, Greek tessares, Latin quattuor, Oscan petora, Old Church Slavonic četyre, Lithuanian keturi, Old Irish cethir, Welsh pedwar). The phonetic evolution of the Germanic forms has not been fully explained; Watkins explains the -f- as being from the following number (Modern English five).

To be on all fours is from 1719; earlier on all four (14c.). Four-letter word as a euphemism for one of the short words generally regarded as offensive or objectionable is attested from 1923; four-letter man is recorded from 1920 (apparently as a euphemism for a shit). Compare Latin homo trium litterarum, literally "three-letter man," a euphemism for fur "a thief." A four-in-hand (1793) was a carriage drawn by four horses driven by one person; in the sense of "loosely tied necktie" it is attested from 1892. To study The History of the Four Kings (1760, compare French Livres des Quatre Rois) contains an old euphemistic slang phrase for "a pack of cards," from the time when card-playing was considered a wicked pastime for students. Slang 4-1-1 "essential information" (by 1993) is from the telephone number called to get customer information. The four-color problem so called from 1879. The four-minute mile was attained 1954.

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Then, Jeff King, a four-time champion, reported a similar attack.

The boat was carrying 32 people—25 Costa Ricans, four Americans and three Nicaraguans.

There is nothing new about the four objectives.

For many in the development community, the four objectives were seen as positive, promoting development as long as they did not cost too much.

And based on past experiences, it takes four to five years after economic recovery for unemployment to return to pre-crisis levels.

They say it is healthier than green tea and could be sold for a price that is three to four times higher than the price of green tea.

Supermarkets offer more variety than ever, and there are over four times as many farmers' markets in the U.S. as there were 20 years ago.

That is remarkable, considering that the Kindle has only been around for four years.

For students, it means they're basically stuck with a four pound paper-weight that they can't sell back.

million people who wanted and were available for work hadn't looked within the last four weeks and were no longer even classified as unemployed.

Four million people get hired every month in the U

The people we see now have three or four part-time jobs and they're still right on the edge financially.

SAT scores began dropping in 1963;today,on average,30% of students do not complete high school in four years, a figure that rises to 50% in poor urban neighborhoods

Where they will keep the same four core subject teachers for two years, before moving on to another for 11th and 12th grades.

Linda Waite of the University of Chicago has found that a married older man with heart disease can expect to live nearly four years longer than an unmarried man with a healthy heart.

The participants were then asked to write down their thoughts and feelings for four minutes.

Her household bills piled up, along with the dishes and dirty laundry, but it took near-constant complaints from her four daughters before she realized she had a problem

Andrew Heidrich, an education network administrator from Sacramento, plays World of Warcraft for about two to four hours every other night, but that's nothing compared with the 40 to 60 hours a week he spent playing online games when he was in college.

They don't have time to read a chapter three or four times.

Moreover, Americans eat out nearly four times a week on average.

Within a year, I had to hire another cook and four waitresses.

After four months, the patients using the computerized CBT programs had no improvement in over the patients who were only getting usual care from their doctors.

Four traits stood out for those that achieved their goals, the researchers report in Public Understanding of Science.

If all four bills pass as written, they would represent a substantial update of michigan's 2013 law that allowed the testing of self-driving vehicles in limited conditions.

Locked in hot kitchens, Careme created his four "mother sauces".

So it may seem rather strange that I have returned to college to finish the degree I left undone some four decades ago.

The boat was carrying 32 people—25 Costa ricans, four Americans and three Nicaraguans.

The competition only happens every four years and the last time the team went, they won the third place in the nation.

The insect-spraying over the weekend left more than 2 million bees dead on the spot in Dorchester County, South Carolina, where four travel-related cases of zika disease have been confirmed in the area.

The researchers examined how the onset of four serious physical illnesses affected marriages.

There was a woman with four kids.

Writing in the journal, the scientists describe how the storks from Germany were clearly affected by the presence of waste sites, with four out of six birds that survived for at least five months overwintering on rubbish dumps in northern Morocco, instead of migrating to the Sahel.

Teams of four students make a video illustrating a math problem and its real-world application.

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year, found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable in the short term, but certainly brings long-term rewards.

It is also troubling that voting rates among our youngest eligible voters—18- to 24-year-olds—are way down: Little more than one in four now go to the polls, even in national elections, compared with almost twice that many when 18-year-olds were first given the vote.

In an article published in the journal Science, four scholars say racial categories need to be phased out.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for instance, admits only that the graduation rate for its first-generation pupils is much lower than the percentage of all students who graduate within four years ( ' , 81 percent).

And while Rubinoff believes there are a good number of four-year schools that truly care about these students and set aside significant resources and programs for them, he says that number isn't high enough.

According to a recent survey of admissions officers, only one in four private colleges say the essay is of "considerable importance" in judging an application.

Today, we produce about four billion metric tonnes of food per year

If you say no, however, it may surprise you to learn that you are only unemployed if you've been actively looking for work in the past four weeks; otherwise, you are "marginally attached to the labor force" and not actually unemployed.

At least four institutions - the University of Maryland, Oklahoma Christian University, Abilene Christian and Freed-Hardeman- have announced that they will give the devices to some or all of their students this fall

Even Intel experimented in 2007 with conferring four uninterrupted hours of quiet time (no phone or e-mail) every Tuesday morning on 300 engineers and managers.

For instance, why does it have to take four years to earn a diploma?

This fall, 16 first-year students and four second-year students at Hartwick enrolled in the school's new three year degree program

During January, Hartwick runs a four week course during which students may earn three to four credits on or off campus, including a number of international sites.

He entered medical school after only three years as did four or five of his classmates.

My first year of medical school counted as my senior year, which meant I had to take three to four labs a week to get all my sciences in

They tested four separate groups at four key stages of Obama's presidential campaign.

The first four contestants won only small prizes, but the fifth left with a new luxury car.

Only four out of the 54 people interviewed had completely broken with their sisters and brothers and only one of the four felt comfortable with the break.

Then Michael, the eldest of her four adult children suggested they move in with his family.

He wasn't there long though because his mother passed away just four years later.

Juan's roommate stopped him four times

And instead of showing just the typical pair of eggs in a hummingbird nest, she painted four.

And workers on part-time contracts, who only work four or five hours a day, are happier than those who work full-time.

Another study also found eating a high-fat and high-sugar breakfast each day for as little as four days resulted in problems with learning and memory similar to those observed in overweight and obese individuals.

But now a systematic review and analysis of studies by Canadian researchers found that not only does pasta not cause weight gain, but three meals a week can help people drop more than half a kilogram over four months.

During a month-long hospital trial,researchers asked 70 patients how they felt being around the robot and "only three or four said they didn't like having it around".

In one experiment, 145 undergraduates completed four unusual uses tasks, each requiring them to list as many uses as possible for everyday object.

It continued the efforts, begun in 1961, by Project OSCAR—a US-based group that built and launched the very first nongovernmental satellite just four years after Sputnik.

It is also troubling that voting rates among our youngest eligible voters—18- to 24-yearolds— are way down: little more than one in four now go to the polls, even in national elections, compared with almost twice that many when 18-year-olds were first giv

It's about four male scientists and a female waitress.

Once every three or four years, when conditions are right, the lake is covered with the pink birds as they stop flight to breed.

One study found that three in four respondents yelled at their computer.

So it's extremely welcome that some government coalitions have started looking into potentially cutting the working week to four days.

The main building is topped with a Georgian tower with four sculptures of the mythical winged horse, the magazine's corporate logo.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel hill, for instance, admits only that the graduation rate for its first-generation pupils is "much lower" than the percentage of all students who graduate within four years 81 percent.

There are four parties conspiring to keep you connected: the tech, your boss, your friends and you.

There is literally only one job opening for every five unemployed workers, so four out of five unemployed workers have actually no chance of finding a new job.

When looking at how women are depicted, the study found female characters were four times more likely to be shown in sexy clothing, and nearly four times as likely to be referred to as physically attractive.

Writing in the journal, the scientists describe how the storks from Germany were clearly affected by the presence of waste sites, with four out of six birds that survived for at least five months overwintering on rubbish dumps in northern Morocco, instead

According to a recent study, four out of ten people under 35 years old are planning to downshift from stressful jobs to a slower pace of life.

After having taught fifth-grade classes for four years, I decided to try all costs to rid them of their fear and dislike of books, and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously.

At my high school, there were about only four active club and organizations that students could be a part of.

Captain Scott had reached the south pole early in 1912 but had died with his four companions on the march back.

Competition is fierce and the chief prize is a complete stilton cheese weighing about four kilos (disappointingly, but understandably the cheeses used in the race are wooden ones).

Every man, woman, and child over ten years of age has on average over four cups a day.

First they collected sound data from 67 nests in four sites in queensland before and after hatching.

Four years before, she'd had to offer her paperboy a drink to have someone to talk with.

He and his students tied some poles to each of four sides of a 30-kilogram stone block.

Here's one for just four hundred dollars.

I rarely had more than four hours of sleep.

I spoke with our delivery department at about ten this morning, and they said that the chairs will be delivered by four this afternoon.

Imagine a child standing on a diving board four feet high and asking himself the question: Should I jump?

In a study describing the technology, the researchers had 100 volunteers type the word "touch" four times using the smart keyboard.

Jeff searched in vain for Rosie in the next four days.

Kunqu society, the classical Chinese theater which combines singing, dancing and acting to literary works by masters of Ming and Qing dynasties, performing introduces four signature plays of Kunqu master Jiqing Zhang to American audiences.

Oh, here's another one for just over four hundred dollars.

She grew up in one of jamaica's toughest inner-city communities known as Waterhouse, where she lived in a one-room apartment, sleeping four in a bed with her mother and two brothers.

Sixty-four percent of those survey participants who havens worked remotely would rather give up some bonus in order to get even one day a week working from home.

So, four days later, he called his friend greg, and the two drove back.

Teams of four, dressed in a variety of strange and funny clothes, roll a complete cheese along a 50-metre course.

The director, with whom Jack shared a dorm-room in the film academy, has already make four films.

The four-year-old dog set off racing after the sheep across several fields and, being a city animal, lost both her sheep and her sense of direction.

The friendship that grew out of the experience of making that film and the sting four years later had its root in the fact that although there was an age difference, we both came from a tradition of theater and live TV.

The vehicle-named the transition – has two seats, four wheels and wings that fold up so it can be driven like a car.

This tractive four takes you to some of San Francis's most cheerful holiday scenes.

Tina stern received rides from Wilson for all her four years in college, and the trips meant much more to her than just free transportation.

To construct a working still, use a sharp stick or rock to dig a hole four feet across and three feet deep.

We are supposed to read Chapter Four.

When a lion tamer holds a chair n front of the lion's face, the lion tries to focus on all four legs of the chair at the same time.

With 500 years of history, Hampton Court was once the home of four kings and one queen.

This DNA can reveal genetic information about only one or two ancestors, even though, for example, just three generations back people also have six other great-grandparents or, four generations back, 14 other great-great-grandparents.

Researchers in the late 1960 covered that humans are born with the capacity to approach challenges in four primary ways: analytically, procedurally, relationally ( ' , or collaboratively) and innovatively.

You can, Mr.Menand points out, become a lawyer in three years and a medical doctor in four.

Gray and his colleagues have put them to the test by examining four family trees that between them represent more than 2,000 languages.

In Arizona v.United States,the majority overturned three of the four contested provisions of Arizona's controversial plan to have state and local police enforce federal immigration law.

There is just one path for a lawyer in most American states: a four-year undergraduate degree in some unrelated subject, then a three-year law degree at one of 200 law schools authorized by the American Bar Association and an expensive preparation for the bar exam.

Eight monumental curving staircases of granite with over 4,000 individually cast bronze balusters are capped by four skylight domes and two stained glass rotundas.

Completed in 1875, the State Department's south wing was the first to be occupied, with its elegant four-story library ( ' , completed in 1876), Diplomatic Reception Room, and Secretary's office decorated with carved wood, Oriental rugs, and stenciled wall patterns.

"Each year the physical presence rule becomes further removed from economic reality and results in significant revenue losses to the States," he wrote in an opinion joined by four other justices.

After all, four decades of evidence has now shown that corporations in Europe as well as the US are evading the meritocratic hiring and promotion of women to top position—no matter how much "soft pressure" is put upon them.

In a series of four experiments, behavioral scientists at the University of Chicago and the Wisconsin School of Business tested students' willingness to expose themselves to unpleasant stimuli in an effort to satisfy curiosity.

Researchers in the late 1960s discovered that humans are born with the capacity to approach challenges in four primary ways: analytically, procedurally, relationally and innovatively.

Runners range from four year old to grandparents; their times range from Andrew Baddeley's world record 13 minutes 48 seconds up to an hour.

Some Congress members are trying to block the plan, and at least a dozen industry groups, four states, and three environmental groups are challenging it in federal court.

词组搭配

the four freedoms

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

the four central beliefs containing the essence of Buddhist teaching

（佛教教义精华）四谛。见 Buddhism

all fours

All four limbs of an animal or person

四肢：人或动物的四肢

a baby crawling on all fours.
一个匍匐爬行的婴儿

实用场景例句

to make up a four at tennis: 凑成四个人打网球

a coach and four (= four horses): 四匹马拉的四轮大马车

We were crawling around on all fours.: 我们匍匐着四处爬行。

Don't let this go further than these four walls (= Don't tell anyone else who is not in the room now) .: 走出屋外这事就不要再谈了。

She crawled on all fours over to the window.: 她爬到窗边。

Taylor hit 13 fours and batted for 140 minutes.: 泰勒打了 13 个 4 分球，击球时间为 140 分钟。

Judith is married with four children.: 朱迪丝已经结婚了，有四个孩子。

Thus, the world is divided into two hostile blocks, whose members represent two warring dominions.: 因此, 世界是分割成两个敌对的阵营, 各自的成员代表两种敌对的支配.

The blackbird's nest contained four eggs.: 黑鹂巢里有四个蛋.

Take one tablet every four hours.: 隔四小时服一片.

Cranes take from four to seven years to mature before they pair up.: 鹤要4至7岁才成熟交配.

This transistor radio has four small cells.: 这台半导体收音机用4节小电池.

A square has four corners.: 正方形有四个角.

Four plus two equals [ is ] six.: 四加二等于六.

The Japanese team accumulated four points with one win and two losses.: 日本队积四分,一胜两负.

Four days after setting out , while the Titantic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic, a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout.: 启航四天后, 泰坦尼克号在穿过北大西洋多冰的海域时, 瞭望员突然发现了一个巨大的冰山.

In less than four hours my enthusiasm had waned and I rather reproached myself for coming.: 不到两个时辰,我早已意兴索然,颇悔此行了.

The post office is four squares above.: 邮局在距此四街区的地方.

The room is four metres in breadth.: 这个房间4米宽.

Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war.: 战后柏林分成了4个区.

She is four years senior to me.: 她比我大四岁.

It poured for four days.: 下了四天倾盆大雨.

Each bench will seat four persons.: 每条凳子能坐四个人.

It is certain that two and two makes four.: 二加二等于四是确定无疑的.

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the four freedoms

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all fours

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