fortnight

英 [ˈfɔːtnaɪt]

美 [ˈfɔːrtnaɪt]

n.  两星期

复数：fortnights　

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牛津词典

noun

• 两星期
  two weeks
  1. a fortnight's holiday
     两周的假期
  2. a fortnight ago
     两星期以前
  3. in a fortnight's time
     在两周的时间内
  4. He's had three accidents in the past fortnight.
     在过去两周他出了三次事故。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 两周;十四天
  Afortnightis a period of two weeks.
  1. I hope to be back in a fortnight.
     我希望在两周内赶回来。

英英释义

noun

• a period of fourteen consecutive days
  1. most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight
  Synonym:two weeks

双语例句

• A fortnight later they came out of the woods.
  两个星期之后他们走出了树林。
• During the first fortnight in April, Jean Valjean took a journey.
  在四月的上半月里，冉阿让作了一次旅行。
• We had a big snow here a fortnight ago.
  两周前我们这里下了一场大雪。
• I know, because I've spent the past fortnight obsessively staring at footballers 'feet and making notes.
  我知道这些是因为我在过去的两周中一直紧盯着球员的战靴并做了笔记。
• I have attended four leaving dos for various people at various companies in the past fortnight alone.
  仅仅在过去两周内，我就参加了4个不同公司欢送不同人的告别聚会。
• Bespeak him a fortnight before, I will have Antonio's heart if he forfeit.
  只要安东尼奥要受罚，我就会要了他的心。
• I must try and cheer up H.B.as he has had a hell of a fortnight.
  我必须尽可能让H.B。高兴起来他已经经受了两个星期的折磨。
• I've got some leave due to me and I was going to Tasmania for a fortnight.
  我打算利用应享有的假期去塔斯马尼亚呆两周。
• It's the first so-called mercy flight for a fortnight as the Americans have been waiting for enough people to fill a 747 jet.
  美国人一直在等人坐满一架747飞机，这便是第一次为期两周的所谓慈善飞行。
• He had been stayed in there fortnight.
  他在那儿呆了两星期。