fifth

五番目の

順番で四番目の次に来る。

やさしい英語で： Coming after the fourth person or thing in a series.

• Our room is on the fifth floor.
• She finished in fifth place.
• This is my fifth visit to Rome.

類義語： 5th, Vth, V., V

よく使う表現： fifth floor, fifth place, fifth birthday, fifth time

五分の一

全体を五つに等しく分けたうちの一つ。

やさしい英語で： One of five equal parts of something.

• I ate a fifth of the cake.
• Rent takes up two fifths of her income.
• About one fifth of the land is forest.

使い方： a fifth of something (A fifth of the class was absent.)

類義語： one fifth

よく使う表現： a fifth, one fifth, a fifth of, two fifths

洋酒のボトル

約四分の三リットル入る、強い酒の瓶。

やさしい英語で： A bottle of strong alcoholic drink holding about three quarters of a litre.

• She bought a fifth of gin.
• They shared a fifth of whiskey over the weekend.
• An unopened fifth of vodka stood on the shelf.

使い方： a fifth of something (He bought a fifth of bourbon.)

よく使う表現： a fifth of, fifth of whiskey, fifth of vodka