fourth

英 [fɔːθ]

美 [fɔːrθ]

ord. 第四
n. ，月的第四日; 四分之一

复数：fourths　

Collins.4 / BNC.1543 / COCA.1570

牛津词典

ordinal number

noun

ORD 第四
Thefourthitem in a series is the one that you count as number four.
1. Last year's winner Greg Lemond of the United States is in fourth place.
  去年的冠军、来自美国的格雷格·莱蒙德现在排名第 4。
FRACTION 四分之一
Afourthis one of four equal parts of something.
1. Three-fourths of the public say they favor a national referendum on the issue.
  四分之三的公众表示希望就这个问题进行全民公决。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用quarter

noun

the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it
one of four equal parts
1. a quarter of a pound
Synonym:one-fourthone-quarterquarterfourth parttwenty-five percentquartern
following the third position

adj

coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude
1. the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present
Synonym:4thquaternary

adv

in the fourth place
1. fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month
Synonym:fourthly

On the Fourth of July, my husband and our friends drove into the city to see the fireworks.
国庆日当天，我丈夫和我们的一些朋友开车进城去看焰火表演。
Carter's fourth album definitely moves into uncharted territory.
卡特的第四张专辑无疑涉足了全新的领域。
England will have to settle for third or fourth place.
英格兰将只好接受第三或第四的排名。
Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world.
印度尼西亚是世界上第四大人口大国。
The lift bell pinged at the fourth floor.
电梯铃在第五层响了。
My wife was sterilized after the birth of her fourth child.
我妻子生完第4个孩子后做了绝育手术。
His fourth novel is a murder mystery set in London.
他的第四部小说讲述的是一起发生在伦敦的神秘谋杀案。
They even blame the government for talking down the nation's fourth biggest industry
他们甚至指责政府贬低该国的第四大产业。
A guerrilla war has lingered into its fourth decade
一场游击战已经持续了30多年。
After looking at the jug, Faulkner concurred that it was late Roman, third or fourth century
看了这个罐子之后，福克纳赞成罐子属于罗马帝国晚期的说法，即3或4世纪。