中文翻译与英英解释

n.
〔主英〕两星期〔cf. sennight.〕。 a fortnight's holiday 两个星期的休假。 Monday fortnight 两星期以前[以后]的星期一。 today [this day] fortnight 两个星期以前[以后]的今天。

a period of fourteen consecutive days; "most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight"
同义词：two weeks,

A fortnight is a unit of time equal to fourteen days (two weeks). The word derives from the , meaning "".

例句与用法

The play folded within a fortnight .
那话剧演了两个星期就停演了。

A pound of tobacco only lasts him a fortnight .
一磅烟丝只够他吸两个礼拜。

We arrived safe, at boston in about a fortnight .
两周之后，我们平安到达波士顿。

The fortnight at venice passed quickly and sweetly .
在威尼斯的半个月过得很快，很惬意。

Strife was internecine during the next fortnight .
在以后两个星期的冲突中我们两败俱伤。

We make him eat so much that he won't get over it for a fortnight .
我们让他饱餐一顿，叫他半个月都忘怀不了。

In this quiet way, the first fortnight of her visit soon passed away .
她开头两个星期的作客生涯，就这样安静地过去了。

Isn't a fortnight long enough for you to dissect my personality ?
你用了两个星期的时间对我的人品乱加评论，难道还不够吗？

Before breakfast this morning mr. candy informed me that he was going away for a fortnight .
早饭前，坎迪先生关照我说他要出门去两个礼拜。

At the end of the month the physicians wondered, and said he would live another fortnight .
一个月过去了，大夫们全很惊异，于是又说他至多还能活两星期。