fifth

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fifth1 /fɪfθ/ ●●● S3 W3 adjective  1  coming after four other things in a series 第五（个）的 in the fifth century 在五世纪 her fifth birthday 她的五岁生日2  fifth wheel American English informal someone who is not wanted in a particular group of people 多余的人 They’d made her feel like a fifth wheel. 他们让她感觉像个多余的人。 —fifth pronoun I’m planning to leave on the fifth (=the fifth day of the month). 我打算五号走。 —fifthly adverb

Examples from the Corpus

fifth• We came in fifth place in the race.the fifth• Her party is on the fifth.

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fifth2 noun [countable]  1. HMNone of five equal parts of something 五分之一2  American EnglishDFD an amount of alcohol equal to 1/5 of an American gallon(1), sold in bottles 〔瓶装销售的烈性酒〕五分之一加仑 a fifth of bourbon 五分之一加仑的波旁威士忌酒Origin fifth1 Old English fifta, from fif “five”

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I

fifth¹ /fɪfθ/ adjective1. coming after four other things in a series:
    in the fifth century
    her fifth birthday
2. 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

II

fifth² noun [countable]
1. one of five equal parts of something
2. American English an amount of alcohol equal to 1/5 of an American gallon(2), sold in bottles:
    a fifth of bourbon