| 释义 |
fif·ty
I. \ˈfiftē, -ti\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fīftig, from fīftig, n., group of 50, from fīf five + -tig group of ten — more at five, eighty
: being one more than 49 in number
< fifty years >
— see number table
II. pronoun, plural in construction
Etymology: Middle English, from fifty, adjective
: 50 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
< fifty are here >
< fifty were found >
III. noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English
1. : five tens : twice 25 : 10 fives
2.
a. : 50 units or objects
< a total of fifty >
b. : a group or set of 50
< arranged by fifties >
3.
a. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 50
b. : the letter L
4. : the 50th in a set or series; especially : an article of clothing of the 50th size
< a fifty is too big >
5. : something having as an essential feature 50 units or members
6. fifties plural
a. : the numbers 50 to 59 inclusive
< a score in the fifties >
< low grades in the fifties >
b. : the members of a series or set of successive numbers that end in 50 to 59 inclusive
< the fifties of the preceding century >
< lives in the fifties in the next block >
c. : the portion of a continuum lying between 50 and 60 on a scale of measurement or segmentation
< temperatures in the fifties tomorrow >
< a man in his fifties >
< dresses selling in the fifties >
< in the latitude of the fifties >
7.
a. : a fifty-pound note
b. : a fifty-dollar bill
8. : a 50 caliber gun — usually written .50 |