five

• n. 五，五个；五美元钞票
• num. 五，五个
• adj. 五的；五个的
• n. (Five)人名；(挪)菲弗

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中文词源

来自PIE*penkwe, 五，词源同pentangle, quintet.

英文词源

five

five: [OE] Five is one of a general Indo-European family of words signifying ‘five’. It goes back ultimately to Indo-European *pengke, which also produced Greek pénte (source of English pentagon [16], pentecost [OE] – literally ‘fiftieth day’ – pentagram [19], etc), Sanskrit panca (source of English punch ‘spiced drink’), and Latin quīnque. In due course this under-went a phonetic transformation to *pempe, which was the direct ancestor of prehistoric Germanic *fimfi. This led on in its turn to German fünf, Dutch vijf. Swedish and Danish fem, and English five.
=> finger, fist, pentagon, punch

five (n.)

Old English fif "five," from Proto-Germanic *fimfe (cognates: Old Frisian fif, Old Saxon fif, Dutch vijf, Old Norse fimm, Old High German funf, Gothic fimf), from PIE *penkwe- (cognates: Sanskrit panca, Greek pente, Latin quinque, Old Church Slavonic peti, Lithuanian penke, Old Welsh pimp). The sound shift that removed the *-m- is a regular development involving Old English, Old Frisian, and Old Saxon (as in thought, from stem of think; couth from *kunthaz; us from *uns).

Five-and-ten (Cent Store) is from 1880, American English, with reference to prices of goods for sale. Five-star (adj.) is from 1913 of hotels, 1945 of generals. Slang five-finger discount "theft" is from 1966. The original five-year plan was 1928 in the U.S.S.R. Five o'clock shadow attested by 1937.

[under picture of a pretty girl] "If I were a man I'd pay attention to that phrase '5 O'Clock Shadow.' It's that messy beard growth which appears prematurely about 5 P.M." [Advertisement for Gem razors and blades, Life," May 9, 1938]

双语例句

1. It was five long miles to the nearest pub.

离最近的酒吧有长长的5英里的路程。

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2. He was jailed for five years as an alleged British spy.

他被指控为英国间谍，入狱关押了5年。

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3. The average commuter journey there is five hours long.

那里的通勤一族平均上下班要花5个小时。

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4. China enters a new five-year plan period next year.

中国明年开始进入新一个五年计划期。

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5. Charlie was earning eight pounds, I was earning five.

查利赚了8英镑，我赚了5英镑。

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