喜樂美語
  1. 1nB1/ˈfɔːrtnaɪt/ · /ˈfɔːtnaɪt/兩星期；兩週

    A period of two weeks, that is, fourteen days. This word is used in British English.

    示範例句 · Example

    Leo is going to stay with his grandparents for a fortnight.

    逐字里歐將要跟他的祖父母住上兩個星期。

    fortnight 就是「兩個星期、十四天」，是英式英文裡很常用的說法；美式英文通常直接講 two weeks。這個字可以想成是從「fourteen nights（十四個夜晚）」縮短來的——以前的英文習慣用「夜」來數日子，兩個星期剛好是十四個晚上。用法上很愛配所有格：a fortnight's holiday（兩星期的假期）、in a fortnight's time（再過兩星期），前面幾乎都要有 a。

    常見搭配

    • a fortnight's holiday

      兩星期的假期

      a holiday that lasts two weeks

      They saved all year for a fortnight's holiday in the mountains.

    • in a fortnight's time

      再過兩個星期

      two weeks from now

      The new library opens in a fortnight's time.

    • a fortnight ago

      兩個星期前

      two weeks before now

      Sam moved into the flat next door a fortnight ago.

    • spend a fortnight (somewhere / doing something)

      花兩個星期（待在某處／做某事）

      to pass two weeks in a place or on an activity

      Ren spent a fortnight helping out on his uncle's farm.

    • once a fortnight

      每兩星期一次

      one time in every two weeks

      The book club meets once a fortnight on a Thursday.

    • the past fortnight

      剛過去的這兩個星期

      the two weeks that have just finished

      It has rained almost every day for the past fortnight.

    意思相近

    two weeksfourteen days

core核心畫面

Think of it as two whole weeks tied into one bundle of time. You are not counting fourteen separate days; you are holding one block that happens to be fourteen days long — 'I'll be away for a fortnight.' It is an everyday word in British English; American speakers almost always say 'two weeks' instead.

可以想成把兩個星期綁成一包來講：說話的人不是一天一天數到十四，而是心裡有一格「這麼長」的時間，整整兩週當成一個單位丟出來——I'll be away for a fortnight（我要離開兩個星期）。這是英式英語裡很日常的字，美式英語通常直接說 two weeks，所以聽到 fortnight 也順帶透露了說話者的英語背景。

同家族的字

複數 fortnights

意思相近

two weeksfourteen days

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

fortnightnoun/ˈfɔːt.naɪt/

  • 1

    datedA period of 2 weeks.

    • Holonyms: month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
    • Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond

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