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

I've been dieting ever since the birth of my fourth child
我生完第四个孩子后就一直在节食。
Jill Bennett became John Osborne's fourth wife, and appeared in several of his plays
吉尔·本内特成为了约翰·奥斯本的第四任妻子，并参演过他的几部戏剧。
Going into the fourth lap, the two most broadly experienced riders led the field
进入第四圈时，两名身经百战的骑手开始领先。
Pezzo tussled for fourth place with Orvosova
佩佐和奥尔沃索瓦为争夺第四名展开了激烈较量。
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。
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。
A guerrilla war has lingered into its fourth decade
一场游击战已经持续了30多年。
He married his fourth wife, Susan, in the vain hope that she would improve his health.
他娶了第四个老婆苏珊，徒然希望她能使他健康状况好转。
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。
He invited her to spend the Fourth of July holiday at his summer home on Fire Island
他邀请她去自己在法尔岛上的消夏寓所过美国独立纪念日。