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

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。
He became the fourth earl on the death of his father earlier this year.
今年早些时候他父亲去世，他继为第4代伯爵。
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。
He has just begun his fourth year in hiding
他东躲西藏的第四个年头刚刚开始。
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。
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。
The fourth night of violence in the German city of Rostock was triggered by football supporters
发生在德国城市罗斯托克的第四起夜间暴乱是由足球球迷们挑起的。
The Roman Empire was divided in the fourth century AD.
罗马帝国于公元4世纪分裂。
A guerrilla war has lingered into its fourth decade
一场游击战已经持续了30多年。
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。