fortnight

英 ['fɔːtnaɪt] 美 ['fɔːrtnaɪt]

• n. 两星期；十四天

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [S]两星期,十四天

   two weeks

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 两星期，两周
2. 十四日
3. 半个月

英英释义

Noun:

1. a period of fourteen consecutive days;

   "most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. It's a fortnight to National Day.
   离国庆节还有两星期。
2. The patient lived out another fortnight.
   病人又活了两星期。
3. I'd get a sickening sense of dread for the fortnight leading up to them, knowing that I would become a sleep-deprived grumpy, spotty hermit.
   十四天的夜班后我发现感到胆战心惊的害怕，我很清楚的知道自己会变成一个睡眠不足的，性情乖戾情绪不稳的隐士。
4. A fortnight has fourteen days.
   两周有十四天。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. You need a break. Why not take a fortnight off from work?
   你需要休息,为什么不休假两周呢?
2. The cat had not been fed for a fortnight and was just a bag of bones.
   那只猫已有两个星期没有喂食了,简直成了皮包骨。

经典引文

• The Islamic year..has less than a fortnight to run.

  出自：Financial Times

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

名词+～

• Monday fortnight 两星期前〔后〕的星期一
• today fortnight 两星期前〔后〕的今天

介词+～

• in a fortnight 两星期后

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的feowertyne，意为十四夜。