Definition of "four" in 英语

numeral

1. A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)

   • There are four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter.

2. Describing a set or group with four elements.

noun

1. (countable) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.

2. (countable) Anything measuring four units, as length.

   • Do you have any more fours? I want to make this a little taller.

3. Four o'clock.

4. A person who is four years old.

   • I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground.

5. (cricket, countable) An event in which the batsmen run four times between the wickets or, more often, a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounce before passing over the boundary, a six is awarded instead.

6. (basketball, countable) A power forward.

7. (rowing) Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain.

8. (obsolete) A four-pennyworth of spirits.