foursome

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈfɔː.səm]
• 美式音标 [ˈfɔːr.səm]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n.四人的一组；四人对抗赛；参赛的四人

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• I glared at the merry foursome.
  我怒视着这欢乐四人组。
• To fill their states’ yawning budget gaps, the foursome have all presided over big cuts to state spending, especially on education, while refusing to countenance any tax increases.
  为了填补各自州不断扩大的预算缺口，四位州长都主张大幅削减州政府支出，尤其是教育方面，却不支持任何增税。
• The Hubble observations have added important clues to the story of this interacting foursome, allowing astronomers to determine when the encounter began and to predict a future merger.
  哈勃的观测对这组相互作用四重星系的故事增加了新的重要线索，让天文学家确定星系遭遇开始的时间，并预言未来并合的情况。

权威例句

• It will probably soon allow you to count strokes of others in your foursome.
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• Of course, no compendium of congressional golf would be complete without mention of the famous threesome that became a foursome.
  NPR: The Volatile Mix of Politics and Golf
• Congressional is a fitting place for such prestige—its founding foursome was comprised of presidents Taft, Wilson, Harding and Coolidge.
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词组短语

短语

• ixed foursome 混合四人
• Foursome e 四人组
• awesome fOursome 四重唱变成
• foursome cabriolet 四座篷顶小客车
• Fearsome Foursome 恐怖四人组

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• a group of four people meeting for a social activity, such as playing a game or having a meal

柯林斯英英字典

• A foursome is a group of four people or things.