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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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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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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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