the forties (also the '40s, the 1940s) [plural] the years from 1940 to 1949 (二十世纪)四十年代 The place was built as a casino in the forties. 这个地方建于20世纪40年代,起初是一座赌场。
the early/mid/late forties He spent several years in Paris in the late forties. 20世纪40年代末,他在巴黎待了几年。
→ the forties at forty(1)