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1 ♦ four
♦ four /fɔ:(r)/a. e n.1 quattro: the four of clubs, il quattro di fiori ( nei giochi di carte); to the four winds, ai quattro venti; a party of four, un gruppo di quattro (persone); Four is my lucky number, il quattro è il mio numero fortunato; There are four of them, sono in quattro; Four out of ten footballers are women, quattro giocatori di calcio su dieci sono donne; a four-metre shark, uno squalo di quattro metri2 quattro ( anni d'età): His son is four, suo figlio ha quattro anni; a four-year-old, un bambino (o una bambina) di quattro anni3 le quattro ( ora): See you at four, ci vediamo alle quattro; half ( past) four, le quattro e mezza5 – (autom.) «quattro cilindri»● (mecc.) four-bar linkage, quadrilatero (o parallelogramma) articolato □ (fam. USA) four bits, mezzo dollaro □ (autom.) four-by-four, veicolo con trazione integrale; quattro per quattro □ (archit.) four-centred arch, arco a carena □ (tipogr.) four-colour printing (o process), quadricromia □ (geom.) four-cornered, quadrangolare □ the four corners of the earth, i punti più remoti della terra □ ( di raccolto) four-course, a rotazione quadriennale □ ( USA: di motore) four-cycle, a quattro tempi □ (fis., mat.) four-dimensional, quadrimensionale □ (aeron.) a four-engined plane, un quadrimotore □ (aeron.) a four-engined jet, un quadrigetto; un quadrireattore □ (fam. spreg.) four-eyes, quattrocchi □ ( poker) four flush, colore mancato □ (fam.) four-flusher, bluffatore; imbroglione, impostore □ four-footed, quadrupede (agg.); a quattro zampe □ the four freedoms, le quattro liberà fondamentali (di parola, di culto, dal bisogno, dalla paura) □ (mus.) four-four time, (tempo di) quattro quarti □ four-handed, ( di gioco) che si gioca in quattro; (mus.) a quattro mani □ ( USA) the four hundred, la buona società, i notabili ( di una comunità) □ ( sport) the 400-metre hurdles, i quattrocento a ostacoli □ ( sport) the 400-metre relay, la staffetta 4 × 400 □ ( sport) the 400-metre run (o the 400 metres), i quattrocento (piani) □ ( sport) 400-metre runner, quattrocentista □ four-in-hand, tiro a quattro; ( riferito a cravatta) nodo four-in-hand, nodo semplice □ (aeron.) four-jet plane, quadrigetto □ four-leaf (o four-leaved) clover, quadrifoglio □ four-legged, che ha quattro gambe (o zampe) □ four-letter word, parola sconcia; parolaccia □ ( sport) four-man bobsled (o bobsleigh), bob a quattro □ (mus.) four (beats) in a bar, (tempo di) quattro quarti □ (naut.) four-masted barque, brigantino a palo a quattro alberi □ four o'clock, le quattro ( dell'orologio); (bot., Mirabilis jalapa), bella di notte □ ( poker) four of a kind, poker ( il punto) □ (naut.) four-oar, barca a quattro remi □ (comm.) four-pack, confezione di quattro pezzi □ ( di canto) four-part, a quattro voci □ ( di lana, ecc.) four-ply, a quattro capi □ (naut.) four-point bearing, rilevamento al traverso □ four-poster ( bed), letto a (quattro) colonne; letto a baldacchino □ (autom.) four-seater, automobile a quattro posti □ four-square, quadrato; (fig.: di edificio) solido; (fig.) saldo, deciso, fermo, tenace □ four-star, (tur.) a quattro stelle; ( di benzina) super; (mil.) a quattro stelle □ ( di motore) four-stroke, a quattro tempi □ (mecc.) four-stroke cycle, ciclo in quattro tempi □ four-way, ( di interruttore, semaforo, ecc.) a quattro vie; ( di dibattito, ecc.) a quattro □ (autom.) four-wheel drive, trazione sulle quattro ruote; trazione integrale □ four-wheeler, (stor.) carrozza a quattro ruote; (fam. USA) automobile □ ( a carte) to make up a four, fare il quarto □ on all fours, a quattro zampe; carponi: to get down on all fours, mettersi carponi □ (mil.) Form fours!, per quattro!
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