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单词 threescore
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Definition of threescore in English:

threescore

cardinal number θriːˈskɔːˌθriˈskɔr
literary
  • Sixty.

    threescore years and ten
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There has been peace in the land for a threescore years at least; what could possibly happen now?
    • Having posed a similar problem in Tristram Shandy, Sterne rudely knocks it down by informing the reader that ‘Obadiah had not got above threescore yards from the stable-yard before he met with Dr Slop’.
    • Her hair was as grey as someone of threescore and ten years old and cropped short.
    • Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold.
    • The Bible tells us that ‘the days of our years are threescore and ten’ or, ‘by reason of strength,’ sometimes fourscore.

Rhymes

abhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your
 
 

Definition of threescore in US English:

threescore

cardinal numberˌθriˈskɔrˌTHrēˈskôr
literary
  • Sixty.

    threescore years and ten
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Having posed a similar problem in Tristram Shandy, Sterne rudely knocks it down by informing the reader that ‘Obadiah had not got above threescore yards from the stable-yard before he met with Dr Slop’.
    • Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold.
    • There has been peace in the land for a threescore years at least; what could possibly happen now?
    • Her hair was as grey as someone of threescore and ten years old and cropped short.
    • The Bible tells us that ‘the days of our years are threescore and ten’ or, ‘by reason of strength,’ sometimes fourscore.
 
 
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