Fifth

(noun.) the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it.

(noun.) a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon.

(noun.) position five in a countable series of things; 'he was fifth out of several hundred runners'.

(adj.) coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position .

艾布拉姆编辑

• This leads us to consider the fifth source of authority, viz. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• I don't think Fifth-of-Novembers ought to be kept up by night except in towns. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• She reached Fifth Avenue and began to walk slowly northward. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The fifth corps reached the North Anna on the afternoon of the 23d, closely followed by the sixth corps. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Yes, Caroline; you hear the wire of the bell vibrate; it rings again for the fifth time this afternoon. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The fifth was Sir Edwin Turneham. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• In this case, though there was no tythe, the rent of the landlord could amount to no more than one-fifth or two-tenths of the whole produce. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In the fifth century the great civilization of Rome fell under the ruthless attack of the northern barbarian. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Not that the family would admit that: they think Fifth Avenue is Heaven with the rue de la Paix thrown in. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Captain Gomez of the Sixty-Fifth Brigade, he said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• This reference is the twenty-fifth chapter of the Book of Exodus, wherein the Lord commanded Moses to make golden spoons for the Tabernacle. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• But the silver mines of Peru are not now able to pay even this low rent; and the tax upon silver was, in 1736, reduced from one fifth to one tenth. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• On the morning of the fifth day I went upstairs to see if the Professor was ready to go out. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I was up at 65 Fifth Avenue one afternoon. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• On the night of the 7th, the march was commenced towards Spottsylvania Court House, the fifth corps moving on the most direct road. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Two-fifths part of dextrine (or the same quantity of gelatine) may be substituted for the 2 parts of starch. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• The wet meter is composed of an outer box about three-fifths filled with water. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The atmosphere, which we ordinarily think of as a storehouse of oxygen, contains far more nitrogen than oxygen, since four fifths of its whole weight is made up of this element. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• That is to say, the air which we breathe and in which we move is four-fifths nitrogen, yet in the richest soil there is seldom more than one-tenth or two-tenths of one per cent of nitrogen. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The African mines now produce four-fifths of the diamond supply. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• In the United States, approximately two fifths of the land area is so dry as to be worthless for agricultural purposes unless artificially watered. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Almost four fifths of the air around us is made up of nitrogen. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• For the other four-fifths she turned to atmospheric nitrogen. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• He knew that in Newcomen’s engine four-fifths of all the steam used was lost in heating the cold cylinder, and that only one-fifth was actually used in moving the piston. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• This is a glass jar coated both inside and outside with tinfoil for about four-fifths of its height. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The canal makes San Francisco nearer to Liverpool by 5,666 miles, a saving of two-fifths of the old journey by Magellan. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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