英语
其他写法
词源
继承自中古英语 fourtenight、fourten night,继承自古英语 fēowertīene niht (“十四夜、十四天”),等价于 fourteen + night。对照 sennight。
发音
- (标准英音) IPA(帮助):/ˈfɔːt.naɪt/
- (通用美式) IPA(帮助):/ˈfɔɹt.naɪt/, [ˈfɔ˞ʔ.nɐɪ̯t̚], [fo˞ʔ.nɐɪ̯t̚]
- (纽约) IPA(帮助):[ˈfɔəʔ.nɐjʔ]
音频(美国) 音频(澳洲) 音频(澳洲) - 韵部:-ɔː(ɹ)tnaɪt
名词
fortnight(复数 fortnights)
- (主要用于英国, 爱尔兰, 澳大利亚, 新西兰, 在其他地区过时) 两周
- 1933年1月9日,George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair],章号1,出自 Down and Out in Paris and London,London:Victor Gollancz […], OCLC 2603818:
- On being kicked the girl fell desperately in love with Henri, and for a fortnight they lived together and spent a thousand francs of Henri's money.
- (请为本引文添加中文翻译)
- 1969年1月12日,Benjamin Welles,“A Hot Potato for Nixon”,出自 The New York Times[1], ISSN 0362-4331:
- The “lame duck” Johnson Administration, in its final fortnight in office, grappled last week with a diplomatic hot potato in the form of the latest Soviet proposal for a “just and lasting” Middle East peace settlement.
- (请为本引文添加中文翻译)
相关词汇
- fortnightly
- microfortnight
- halfmonth
参见
- sennight
