Fortnight
['fɔːtnaɪt] or ['fɔrtnaɪt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a period of fourteen consecutive days; 'most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight'.
錄入:卢--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The space of fourteen days; two weeks.
錄入:谢里夫
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Two weeks.
埃莉诺校對
解釋/意思:
n. two weeks or fourteen days.—adj. and adv. Fort′nightly once a fortnight.
巴雷特校對
例句/造句/用法:
- Mrs. Bennet could certainly spare you for another fortnight. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- I begged a fortnight's grace from the creditor, asked for a holiday from my employers, and spent the time in begging in the City under my disguise. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- I rather liked it, said Laurie, looking mischievous, a thing he had not done for a fortnight. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- As Parker promised to return to Fanny in a week, she grew uneasy when almost a fortnight had elapsed without seeing or even hearing from him. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- As I said, I shall return from Cambridge in a fortnight: that space, then, is yet left you for reflection. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Yes, they have been there about a fortnight, Miss Price, have they not? 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- For a fortnight past no cloth had been destroyed; no outrage on mill or mansion had been committed in the three parishes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- In a house in which there were twenty burners, the tanks were filled with water and carbide but once a fortnight. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Meyler possesses a good understanding when one can give him a fortnight to consider things; but whenever impulse is required he is of no use on earth. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- And Jo felt as if during that fortnight her sister had grown up amazingly, and was drifting away from her into a world where she could not follow. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- I shall be absent a fortnight--take that space of time to consider my offer: and do not forget that if you reject it, it is not me you deny, but God. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Come on Thursday fortnight, and bring the other chaps with you,' said Mr. Bob Sawyer; 'I'm going to have a few medical fellows that night. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- After some consideration, it was decided that we should go for a fortnight to the sea-side. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- We continued punctual at parade for more than a fortnight. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- These burglars made a considerable haul at Sydenham a fortnight ago. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- After several fortnights he accidentally found his meat again. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
錄入:梅林达