eighteenth
- 英式英标[\'e\'tinθ]
- 美式音标[\'eɪ\'tiːnθ]
adj. 第十八的，第十八个的；十八分之一的
num. 第十八；十八分之一
英文词源
- eighteenth (adj.)
- mid-13c., egtetenþe, modified, by influence of eighteen, from Old English eahtateoða; from eight + teoða "tenth" (see -ty (1)). Cognate with German achtzehnte, Danish attende, Swedish adertonde.
实用例句
- 1. The eighteenth-century Admiralty had few coercive powers over its officers.
- 18世纪的英国海军部对其军官没有什么强制力。
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- 2. Their lives interconnect with those of celebrated figures of the late eighteenth-century.
- 他们的生活与18世纪晚期的名人联系在一起。
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- 3. Such disputes multiplied in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
- 这类纠纷在18和19世纪大量增多。
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- 4. We got engaged on my eighteenth birthday.
- 在我18岁生日那天我们订婚了。
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- 5. The siege is now in its eighteenth day.
- 围困今天已经进入第18天了。
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