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Fɪfθ Equal 第五 Parts American Series Number 五分之一

The word "fifth" can mean the ordinal number 5 (fifth) or the fraction 1/5 (a fifth). It is used to denote order in a series or a part of a whole.

第五;五分之一。

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[ORD 序数词]第五 The fifth item in a series is the one that you count as number five.
  • Joe has recently returned from his fifth trip to Australia.

    乔最近结束了第五次澳大利亚之行归来。

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[FRACTION 分数词]五分之一 A fifth is one of five equal parts of something.
  • India spends over a fifth of its budget on defence.

    印度的国防开支占了其财政预算的 1/5 强。


Oxford fifth / fɪfθ ; NAmE fɪfθ /
ordinal number
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noun
fifth fifths
ordinal number 5th 第五 Today is the fifth (of May). 今天是(五月)五号。 the fifth century BC 公元前五世纪 It's her fifth birthday. 这是她五岁生日。 My office is on the fifth floor. 我的办公室在六楼。 It's the fifth time that I've been to America. 这是我第五次去美国了。 Her mother had just given birth to another child, her fifth. 她的母亲刚又生了孩子,她的第五个孩子。 the world's fifth-largest oil exporter 世界第五大石油输出国 He finished fifth in the race. 他赛跑得了第五名。 Edward V (= Edward the Fifth) 爱德华五世 noun each of five equal parts of sth 五分之一 She cut the cake into fifths. 她把蛋糕切成五块。 He gave her a fifth of the total amount. 他给了她总数的五分之一。 IDIOM take/plead the ˈfifth ( US) to make use of the right to refuse to answer questions in court about a crime, because you may give information which will make it seem that you are guilty (在法庭上)拒绝回答,避而不答 ORIGIN From the Fifth Amendmentof the US Constitution, which guarantees this right. 源自《美国宪法》第五条修正案,该条保障这种权利。 fifth / fɪfθ ; NAmE fɪfθ /
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fifth1 adjective
fifth2 noun
fifthfifth1 /fɪfθ/ ●●● S3 W3 adjective
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1coming after four other things in a series:  in the fifth century her fifth birthday2 fifth wheel American English informal someone who is not wanted in a particular group of people:  They’d made her feel like a fifth wheel.fifth pronoun:  I’m planning to leave on the fifth (=the fifth day of the month).fifthly adverb
fifth1 adjective
fifth2 noun
fifthfifth2 noun [countable]
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1one of five equal parts of something2American English an amount of alcohol equal to 1/5 of an American gallon(1), sold in bottles:  a fifth of bourbon
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Spoken:

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第五(83%),五分之一(17%)
num.第五
n.第五;五分之一
adj.第五的;五分之一的

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