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单词 five-by-five
释义

five-by-five

[ fahyv-bahy-fahyv ]
/ ˈfaɪv baɪˈfaɪv /

adjective Slang: Facetious.

short and fat.

Origin of five-by-five

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby five-by-five

Fitzwilliam Museum, Fiume, five, five-and-ten, five-a-side, five-by-five, Five Civilized Nations, five-eighth, Five-Elements School, five-faced bishop, five-finger
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Example sentences from the Web for five-by-five

  • He walked over to the nearby table and opened a box some twelve inches long and five-by-five inches in cross section.

    Anything You Can Do|Gordon Randall Garrett
  • He walked over to the nearby table and opened a box some twelve inches long and five-by-five inches in cross-section.

    Anything You Can Do ...|Gordon Randall Garrett

British Dictionary definitions for five-by-five

five by five

interjection

an expression used in telecommunications to state that a signal is being received clearly
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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