Bốn

four directions

bốn phương

the four corners of the earth

khắp nơi trên thế giới; khắp bốn phương trên trái đất

carriage and four

xe bốn ngựa

four figures

số gồm bốn con số (từ 1000 đến 9999)

a child of four

đứa bé lên bốn

Số bốn

Bộ bốn (người, vật...)

Thuyền bốn mái chèo; nhóm bốn người chèo

Mặt số bốn (súc sắc); con bốn (bài)

on all fours

bò (bằng tay và đầu gối)

(nghĩa bóng) giống nhau, đúng khớp, khớp với

the cases are not on all fours

những hòm này không giống nhau

bốn

số bốn (4)

N.

One more than three, or six less than ten;the product of two units and two units.

A symbol for this (4,iv, IV, rarely iiii, IIII).

A size etc. denoted by four.

Afour-oared rowing-boat or its crew.

The time of four oclock(is it four yet?).

A card with four pips.

A hit at cricketscoring four runs.

Adj. that amount to four.

Four-eyes sl.a person wearing glasses. four-flush US Cards a poker hand oflittle value, having four cards of the same suit and one ofanother. four-flusher US a bluffer or humbug. four hundred USthe social ‚lite of a community. four-in-hand 1 a vehicle withfour horses driven by one person.

US a necktie worn with aknot and two hanging ends superposed. four-leaf (or -leaved)clover a clover leaf with four leaflets thought to bring goodluck. four-letter word any of several short words referring tosexual or excretory functions, regarded as coarse or offensive.four oclock = marvel of Peru. four-part Mus. arranged forfour voices to sing or instruments to play. four-poster a bedwith a post at each corner supporting a canopy. four-squareadj.

Solidly based.

Steady, resolute; forthright.

Square-shaped.

Adv. steadily, resolutely. four-stroke (of aninternal-combustion engine) having a cycle of four strokes(intake, compression, combustion, and exhaust). four-wheeldrive drive acting on all four wheels of a vehicle. on allfours on hands and knees. [OE feower f. Gmc]