单词 | twenty-first |
释义 | > as lemmastwenty-first b. Combined with the numerals below ten (one to nine) to express the numbers between twenty and thirty; formerly (and still occasionally) one and twenty, two and twenty, etc. (rarely twenty and one, etc.); now commonly twenty-one, twenty-two, etc.; similarly with the ordinals from first to ninth, forming the ordinals corresponding to the above ( twenty-first, twenty-second, etc.), in modern use substituted for the earlier one-and-twentieth, two-and-twentieth, etc. (see twentieth adj. 1c). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [adjective] > twenty twentyc893 c893 tr. Orosius Hist. vi. ii. 256 Þara twa & twentigra monna þe he him to fultume hæfde acoren. a1131 Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 1124 Þes kinges cnihtes..namen..fif and twenti oðre cnihtes. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1532 Vif & twenti ȝer. a1400–50 Alexander 3930 Aȝt & tuenti men of armes. 1526 Proclam. 5 Nov. in Pat. Roll 18 Hen. VIII ii. m. 2 d The Soueraygne..shalbe curraunt..for twenty two shillynges and sixe pens. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 150 Four and tuentie cubites hich. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xviii. 177 I haue gone ouer twenty and seauen riuers vpon that coast. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) I. ii. 163 In the parallel of twenty-two degrees of latitude. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xxv. 216 What he called his Silver-feast, being the twenty-fifth anniversary of his marriage. 1820 R. Southey Life Wesley I. 53 More than four-and-twenty pounds. 1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (1862) III. 204 Allowing the..mixture to stand for twenty-four hours. twenty-first a. With ellipsis of the noun (which may usually be supplied from the context). So twenty-one, twenty-first, etc. †and twenty, used as an intensive. ΚΠ c961 Æthelwold Rule St. Benet (Gr.) xxii. 47 [Let them sleep] tynum and twentigum on anum inne ætgædere. c1000 Ælfric Genesis xviii. 31 God cwæð: Ne do ic hit, gif þær beoð twentig.] c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1692 We mine fader habbet vnder-fon mid þirtti cnihten...Do we awai þane twenti. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16906 A mikel stan, to turn i-nogh had tuent [rhyme monument]. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. xviii. D Peraduenture there might be twentie founde therin [twētie & Peraduēture in text]. 1605 S. Rowley When you see Me sig. D2 Godyegodnight and twentie syr. 1608 T. Middleton Your Fiue Gallants sig. A3v As in one pie twenty may dip their sippits. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iii. 50 In delay there lies no plentie, Then come kisse me sweet and twentie: Youths a stuffe will not endure. View more context for this quotation 1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia 115 The ordinary Dose is six of these Rinds, and I had devour'd twenty. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 550 The first man to reach the summit was Sir Richard Burton... He went up, as did the succeeding twenty-five (mostly Germans) from Babundi. 1902 O. Wister Virginian xxiii. 270 His thermometer..registered twenty below zero. twenty-first c. The ordinals twenty-first, twenty-second, etc. are ordinarily used with ellipsis of day (of the month), also year (of a reign). Also twenty-first with ellipsis of birthday; cf. twenty-firster n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > birthday > specific birthday twenty-first1873 1669 F. Vernon Let. 19 June in Lang Valet's Trag., etc. (1903) 51 My last of the 26th Currt. 1711 London Gaz. No. 4902/2 The King..was to embark on the Twenty-seventh. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) I. ii. 141 He set sail..on the twenty-fifth of September. 1873 C. M. Yonge Pillars of House I. xi. 229 Here was his twenty-first not very far off. 1879 E. Waterton Pietas Mariana 78 In the twenty-second of Henry the Seventh. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xxvi. 261 The house..where we slept the twenty-first of the month. 1937 ‘M. Innes’ Hamlet, Revenge! i. i. 23 Celebrating a daughter's twenty-first by dressing her in white satin. 1975 ‘J. Lymington’ Spider in Bath vii. 121 My daughter's twenty-first tomorrow. I should have collected a watch from the jeweller. twenty-first c. The ordinals twenty-first, twenty-second, etc. are ordinarily used with ellipsis of day (of the month), also year (of a reign). Also twenty-first with ellipsis of birthday; cf. twenty-firster n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > birthday > specific birthday twenty-first1873 1669 F. Vernon Let. 19 June in Lang Valet's Trag., etc. (1903) 51 My last of the 26th Currt. 1711 London Gaz. No. 4902/2 The King..was to embark on the Twenty-seventh. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) I. ii. 141 He set sail..on the twenty-fifth of September. 1873 C. M. Yonge Pillars of House I. xi. 229 Here was his twenty-first not very far off. 1879 E. Waterton Pietas Mariana 78 In the twenty-second of Henry the Seventh. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xxvi. 261 The house..where we slept the twenty-first of the month. 1937 ‘M. Innes’ Hamlet, Revenge! i. i. 23 Celebrating a daughter's twenty-first by dressing her in white satin. 1975 ‘J. Lymington’ Spider in Bath vii. 121 My daughter's twenty-first tomorrow. I should have collected a watch from the jeweller. < as lemmas |
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