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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

fifth wheel
  1. 1. 备用轮
  2. 2. 不必要的东西;多余的人

Collins English-English Dictionary

fifth wheel
  1. 1. n a spare wheel for a four-wheeled vehicle
  2. 2. n the coupling table of an articulated vehicle
  3. 3. n a steering bearing that enables the front axle of a horse-drawn vehicle to rotate relative to the body
  4. 4. n a superfluous or unnecessary person or thing

Examples

on July fifth, on the fifth of July
在7月5日
C to G is a perfect fifth, but C to G sharp is an augmented fifth
a fifth grade
五年级学生
This makes his fifth novel.
这是他所著的第五部小说。
told for the fifth time
第五次获悉
It is my parents twenty-fifth wedding anniversary today.
今天是我父母结婚25周年纪念日。
Her mother bought the school books for the fifth grade.
她母亲买了五年级的课本。

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