English Dictionary

fourscore

/ˈfɔːskɔː/

num

(now archaic) Eighty. / (idiomatic) A full-length life, reckoned as eighty years.

Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous Gettysburg Address, which begins with the words 'Four score and seven years ago.'

意味（1）

(now archaic) Eighty.

Thou ſtick'ſt a dagger in me, I ſhall neuer ſee my gold againe, foureſcore ducats at aſitting, foureſcore ducats.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) A full-length life, reckoned as eighty years.

[…] I know every life is equally sacred, but that is a thought, another thought, I mean, all these valuable people who aren’t going to have their normal fourscore as it is now, these people aren’t going to be replaced, and it’s such a loss to the culture.