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four /fɔː $ fɔːr/ ●●● S2 W1 number, noun  1  HMNthe number 4 四 She is married with four children. 她已婚，有四个孩子。 They arrived just after four (=four o'clock). 刚过四点钟，他们就到了。 Luke will soon be four (=four years old). 卢克很快就要四岁了。2  on all fours BENDsupporting your body with your hands and knees 以双手双膝着地，趴着 He was down on all fours playing with the puppy. 他趴在地上跟小狗玩。3  in fours GROUP OF THINGSin groups of four people or things 四个一组 The boxes were stacked in fours. 箱子四个一组堆在一起。 → foursome4. [countable] a hit in cricket that scores four runs because it goes over the edge of the playing area 〔板球〕得四分的一击5. [countable] a team of four people who row a racing boat, or the boat that they row 四人赛艇的全体成员；四人赛艇6  the four corners of the Earth/world literaryFAR places or countries that are very far away from each other 世界各地 People from the four corners of the world have come to Ontario to make it their home. 世界各地的人都到安大略省来安家。 → four ply at ply2Origin four Old English feower

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four /fɔː $ fɔːr/ number, noun1. the number 4:
    She is married with four children.
    They arrived just after four (=four o'clock).
    Luke will soon be four (=four years old).
2. on all fours supporting your body with your hands and knees:
    He was down on all fours playing with the puppy.
3. in fours in groups of four people or things:
    The boxes were stacked in fours. ⇨ foursome
4. [countable] a hit in cricket that scores four runs because it goes over the edge of the playing area
5. [countable] a team of four people who row a racing boat, or the boat that they row
6. the four corners of the Earth/world literary places or countries that are very far away from each other:
    People from the four corners of the world have come to Ontario to make it their home.
⇨ four ply at ply²

🔑 fourBrE /fɔː(r)/ 🔊NAmE /fɔːr/ 🔊🔑 number 4 四 HELP There are examples of how to use numbers at the entry for five. 数词用法示例见 five 条。 noun a group of four people or things 四个人（或事物）的一组◆to make up a four at tennis凑成四个人打网球◆a coach and four (= four horses) 四匹马拉的四轮大马车 noun (in cricket 板球) a shot that scores four runs 得四分的一击 noun a team of four people who row1 a long narrow boat in races; the boat that they row1 四人赛艇队；四人赛艇●on all ˈfours(of a person 人) bent over with hands and knees on the ground 匍匐着；趴着◆We were crawling around on all fours. 我们匍匐着四处爬行。🔊🔊●these four ˈwallsused when you are talking about keeping sth secret （用于叮嘱保守秘密）到此为止◆Don't let this go further than these four walls (= Don't tell anyone else who is not in the room now). 走出屋外这事就不要再谈了。🔊🔊