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/ˈfɔːrtnaɪt/ · /ˈfɔːtnaɪt/
A period of two weeks, that is, fourteen days. This word is used in British English.
兩星期；兩週
複數 fortnights
核心畫面
Think of it as two whole weeks tied into one bundle of time. You are not counting fourteen separate days; you are holding one block that happens to be fourteen days long — 'I'll be away for a fortnight.' It is an everyday word in British English; American speakers almost always say 'two weeks' instead.
可以想成把兩個星期綁成一包來講：說話的人不是一天一天數到十四，而是心裡有一格「這麼長」的時間，整整兩週當成一個單位丟…更多收起
可以想成把兩個星期綁成一包來講：說話的人不是一天一天數到十四，而是心裡有一格「這麼長」的時間，整整兩週當成一個單位丟出來——I'll be away for a fortnight（我要離開兩個星期）。這是英式英語裡很日常的字，美式英語通常直接說 two weeks，所以聽到 fortnight 也順帶透露了說話者的英語背景。原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
fortnightnoun/ˈfɔːt.naɪt/
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datedA period of 2 weeks.
- Holonyms: month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
- Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。