fortnight

• n. 兩星期

縮寫自古英語fourteniht, 即fourteen night. 來自古日耳曼民族用夜計時間的風俗習慣。

fortnight

fortnight: [13] The ancient Germanic peoples recorded the passing of time in units of ‘nights’ rather than, as we do, in units of ‘days’: hence a period of two weeks was in Old English fēowertīene niht, or ‘fourteen nights’. By early Middle English times this was starting to be contracted to the single word fortnight. (The parallel sennight ‘week’ [15] – literally ‘seven nights’ – survived dialectally into the 20th century.)
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fortnight (n.)

"period of two weeks," 17c. contraction of Middle English fourteniht, from Old English feowertyne niht, literally "fourteen nights," preserving the ancient Germanic custom of reckoning by nights (mentioned by Tacitus in "Germania" xi). Related: Fortnightly.

1. in a fortnight's time

在兩周的時間內

來自《權威詞典》

2. You need a break. Why not take a fortnight off from work?

你需要休息, 為什麽不休假兩周 呢 ?

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. I really feel in the pink after a fortnight's holiday.

度了兩星期假後,我的確感到身體非常舒適.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. This work will tie me up for fortnight.

這項工作將使我忙上兩個星期.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. A fortnight passed in a flash.

一晃半個月過去了.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》