forth
adverb /fɔːθ/
/fɔːrθ/
literary except in particular idioms and phrasal verbs For the special uses of forth in phrasal verbs, look at the entries for the verbs. For example bring somebody/something forth is in the phrasal verb section at bring.Idioms 离去;外出 - They set forth at dawn.
他们在黎明时出发。 - Huge chimneys belched forth smoke and grime.
巨大的烟囱冒出烟和灰尘。
- They set forth at dawn.
- towards a place; forwards
向某处;向前 - Water gushed forth from a hole in the rock.
水从岩洞里涌出。
Homophones forth | fourthforth fourth/fɔːθ//fɔːrθ/- forth adverb
- The film cuts back and forth between the two stories.
这部电影在这两个故事之间来回切换。
- The film cuts back and forth between the two stories.
- fourth ordinal number
- The fourth of July is Independence Day in the US.
7月4日是美国的独立日。
- The fourth of July is Independence Day in the US.
- fourth noun (especially North American English)
- A fourth of the ski resorts in the Alps may not have enough snow this year.
阿尔卑斯山四分之一的滑雪胜地今年可能没有足够的雪。
- A fourth of the ski resorts in the Alps may not have enough snow this year.
- Water gushed forth from a hole in the rock.
词源Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voort and German fort, from an Indo-European root shared by fore-.
Idioms
and so forth
(also and so on (and so forth))
- used at the end of a list to show that it continues in the same way
…等等;诸如此类 - We discussed everything—when to go, what to see and so on.
我们什么都商量过了,什么时候走、看什么等等。
- We discussed everything—when to go, what to see and so on.
back and forth
- from one place to another and back again repeatedly
反复来回 - ferries sailing back and forth between the islands
往返于岛屿之间的渡船
- ferries sailing back and forth between the islands
from that day/time forth
- (literary) beginning on that day; from that time
从那天起;从那时以后 - From that day forth she gave me endless friendship and encouragement.
从那天起,她给了我无尽的友谊和鼓励。
- From that day forth she gave me endless friendship and encouragement.