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 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。
He has just begun his fourth year in hiding
他东躲西藏的第四个年头刚刚开始。
I was going well and was lying fourth
我当时发挥不错，排在第四。
The Roman Empire was divided in the fourth century AD.
罗马帝国于公元4世纪分裂。
I've been dieting ever since the birth of my fourth child
我生完第四个孩子后就一直在节食。
Going into the fourth lap, the two most broadly experienced riders led the field
进入第四圈时，两名身经百战的骑手开始领先。
Carter's fourth album definitely moves into uncharted territory.
卡特的第四张专辑无疑涉足了全新的领域。
The brooch dates back to the fourth century BC.
这枚胸针的历史可以追溯到公元前4世纪。
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。
After looking at the jug, Faulkner concurred that it was late Roman, third or fourth century
看了这个罐子之后，福克纳赞成罐子属于罗马帝国晚期的说法，即3或4世纪。