forties
noun[plural]
uk/ˈfɔː.tiz/us/ˈfɔːr.t̬iz/B2
A person's forties are theperiodin which they areagedbetween 40 and 49:
四十多岁(指40到49岁的时期)She'sprobablyinher early forties.她大概40岁刚出头。
the forties
therangeoftemperaturebetween 40° and 49°:
(温度)四十多度Thetemperatureisexpectedto beinthe fortiestomorrow.预计明天气温有四十几度。
B2
thedecade(=periodof tenyears)between 40 and 49 in anycentury, usually 1940–1949:
四十年代Ourhousewasbuiltsometimeinthe forties.我们的房子建于40年代的某个时期。
Describing age & birthdays
- age
- age group
- age limit
- aged
- babyboomer
- gone
- junior
- knock
- millennial
- nonagenarian
- octogenarian
- old
- ripe
- senior
- sixties
- something
- spring chicken
- take years offsomeoneidiom
- teens
- this side ofsomethingidiom
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Measurements of temperature
Decades, centuries & the millennium