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fif·ty /ˈfɪfti/ S3 W3 number, noun 1. HMNthe number 50 五十2 the fifties [plural] (also the '50s, the 1950s) the years between 1950 and 1959 （二十世纪）五十年代 Standards of living rose in the fifties. 50年代生活水平提高了。the early/mid/late fifties The play was written in the late fifties. 该剧创作于50年代后期。3 be in your fifties AGEto be aged between 50 and 59 在五十到五十九岁之间，是五十多岁early/mid/late fifties He must be in his early fifties by now. 他现在肯定50岁出头了。4 in the fifties if the temperature is in the fifties, it is between 50 degrees and 59 degrees 〔温度〕五十多度in the low/mid/high fifties sunny, with temperatures in the mid fifties 晴，气温55度左右5 PEC[countable] a piece of paper money that is worth 50 dollars or 50 pounds 五十美元[英镑]票面的纸币 I can give you five tens for that fifty if you want. 你愿意的话，我可以给你5张10美元来换那张50美元。 —fiftieth adjective her fiftieth birthday 她的50岁生日Origin fifty Old English fiftig, from fif “five”

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fifty
fif‧ty /ˈfɪfti/

number, noun

Language: Old English
Origin: fiftig, from fif __five__

1. the number 50
2. the fifties [plural] (also the __50s, the 1950s) the years between 1950 and 1959:

Standards of living rose in the fifties.
the early/mid/late fifties

The play was written in the late fifties.
3. be in your fifties to be aged between 50 and 59
early/mid/late fifties

He must be in his early fifties by now.
4. in the fifties if the temperature is in the fifties, it is between 50 degrees and 59 degrees
in the low/mid/high fifties

sunny, with temperatures in the mid fifties
5. [countable] a piece of paper money that is worth 50 dollars or 50 pounds:

I can give you five tens for that fifty if you want.
—fiftieth adjective:

her fiftieth birthday

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