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| 单词 | four-four |
| 释义 | four-four in British English (ˈfɔːˈfɔː) noun another name for four-four time four-four time in British Englishnoun music a form of simple quadruple time in which there are four crotchets to the bar, indicated by the time signature 44 Often shortened to: four-four. Also called: common time All related terms of 'four-four'four Four is the number 4. back four the defensive players in many modern team formations : usually two fullbacks and two centre backs Big Four → the Big Four four-door (of a vehicle) having two doors on each side four-eyes a disparaging term of address for a person wearing spectacles four-part arranged for four voices or instruments four-star of high, or of the highest, quality four-way giving passage in four directions two-four a box containing 24 bottles of beer four-by-four a vehicle equipped with four-wheel drive Final Four → the Final Four four-bagger → home run four-color designating or of a printing process using separate plates in yellow, red, blue, and black, so as to produce any color or colors four-colour (of a print or photographic process) using the principle in which four colours ( magenta , cyan , yellow, and black) are used in combination to produce almost any other colour four-cycle relating to or designating an internal-combustion engine in which the piston makes four strokes for every explosion four flush a useless poker hand , containing four of a suit and one odd card four-footed (of animals) having or walking on four feet four-handed (of a card game) arranged for four players four-legged → another word for four-footed four-poster a bed with posts at each corner supporting a canopy and curtains four-seater a vehicle providing seats for four people four-square To stand four-square behind someone or something means to be firm in your support of that person or thing. four-stroke relating to or designating an internal-combustion engine in which the piston makes four strokes for every explosion four-wheel having or running on four wheels petit four Petits fours are very small sweet cakes. They are sometimes served with coffee at the end of a meal . three-four designating or of a musical rhythm with three quarter notes to a measure four-four time a form of simple quadruple time in which there are four crotchets to the bar, indicated by the time signature 4 4 coxless four a boat for four oarsman and no cox four-engined (of an aircraft ) having four engines four-flusher a person who bluffs or attempts to deceive Four Hundred the exclusive social set of a particular place four-o'clock a tropical American nyctaginaceous plant, Mirabilis jalapa , cultivated for its tubular yellow, red, or white flowers that open in late afternoon four-walling a form of distribution and exhibition , esp. of films, in which a distributor or producer rents a theater for a fixed amount, pays all advertising and operating costs , and collects all box-office receipts four-by-two a piece of timber with a cross section that measures 4 inches by 2 inches Four-H club a branch of a national organization that promotes education in leadership , citizenship and life skills in small towns and rural communities in the US four-in-hand a road vehicle drawn by four horses and driven by one driver Gang of Four → the Gang of Four May Two-Four the Monday preceding May 24: observed in Canada as a national holiday in commemoration of the birthday of Queen Victoria the Big Four a small powerful group, as of banks , companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest) two-by-four a length of untrimmed timber with a cross section that measures 2 inches by 4 inches flat back four a set of four fullbacks in line formation four-dimensional having or specified by four dimensions , esp the three spatial dimensions and the dimension of time four-eyed fish either of two viviparous tropical American freshwater cyprinodont fishes , Anableps anableps or A. microlepis , that swim at the surface of the water and have half of each eye specialized for seeing in air, the other half for seeing in water four jaw chuck a cut of beef extending from the neck to the shoulder blade four-way stop an intersection of two roads with four stop signs, one facing in each direction the Final Four the last four teams remaining in a tournament two-four time a form of simple duple time in which there are two crotchet beats in each bar first four ships the earliest settlers ' ships to arrive in the Canterbury Province four-course meal A four-course meal is a meal that consists of four parts served one after the other. four-deal bridge a version of bridge in which four hands only are played, the players then cutting for new partners |
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