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fortnight

noun
🔊/ˈfɔːtnaɪt/
🔊/ˈfɔːrtnaɪt/
 [usually singular] (British English)
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  1. two weeks两星期
    • a fortnight’s holiday两周的假期
    • a fortnight ago两星期以前
    • in a fortnight’s time在两周的时间内
    • He's had three accidents in the past fortnight.在过去两周他出了三次事故。🔊🔊
    • We hope to leave in the next fortnight.我们希望两个星期内离开。
    • We’ve spent the last fortnight in Spain.上两个星期我们是在西班牙度过的。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • next
    • last
    • past
    • …
    verb + fortnight
    • spend
    fortnight + verb
    • elapse
    • go by
    • pass
    • …
    preposition
    • after a/​the fortnight
    • during a/​the fortnight
    • for a/​the fortnight
    • …
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    Word OriginOld English fēowertīene niht ‘fourteen nights’.