英语词汇“sixty”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sixty

/ˈsɪksti

cardinal number (plural sixties)

1The number equivalent to the product of six and ten; ten more than fifty; 60: a crew of sixty sixty bedrooms sixty per cent of the children (Roman numeral: lx or LX) The National Institutes of Health report that fifty to sixty percent of women consume less than half of the recommended amount of calcium....

Every evening about fifty or sixty women step out of the shadows to receive a free meal of hot soup, fruit and bread in polite silence.
Some of them have been going to concerts for fifty or sixty years.

1.1 (sixties) The numbers from sixty to sixty-nine, especially the years of a century or of a person’s life: Morris was in his early sixties the flower children of the sixties...

White hairs and a few wrinkles painted a portrait of a man in his sixties, perhaps late sixties.
My great aunts worked all through the fifties and sixties, on the farm or teaching school.
Politically the sixties generation came to maturity in the eighties.

1.2Sixty miles an hour: they were doing sixty...

Driving sixty miles per hour, the telephone poles are closer together - it's only when you're walking that you recognize how far apart they are.
Jane hit the brakes, and we slowed to sixty miles per hour.
In less then four seconds they were going sixty miles and hour!

1.3Sixty years old: he retired at sixty...

Most Italians may now not retire before the age of sixty; fifty-seven has been the norm, and many did so earlier.
From the age of sixty onwards, grandfather lost interest in most things that were not related to bee-keeping and the planting of trees.
If he was alive today, he would be sixty years of age.

1.4A size of garment or other merchandise denoted by sixty.

Derivatives

sixtieth

/ˈsɪkstɪəθ

/ ordinal number ...

He was sworn in on July 16, 1982, as the sixtieth U.S. secretary of state and served until January 20, 1989.
On the Saturday night I went to a United Nations Association dinner marking the sixtieth anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter.
Today is the sixtieth birthday of the minister.

sixtyfold

adjective & adverb ...

Who knows whether God cannot scatter these unlikely seeds to bring forth a harvest of thirtyfold, sixtyfold, or even a hundredfold.
It grows up and produces a yield, some thirtyfold, some sixtyfold, and some a hundredfold.

Origin

Old English siextig (see six, -ty²).

单词	sixty
释义	sixty /ˈsɪksti / cardinal number (plural sixties) 1The number equivalent to the product of six and ten; ten more than fifty; 60: a crew of sixty sixty bedrooms sixty per cent of the children (Roman numeral: lx or LX) The National Institutes of Health report that fifty to sixty percent of women consume less than half of the recommended amount of calcium.... Every evening about fifty or sixty women step out of the shadows to receive a free meal of hot soup, fruit and bread in polite silence. Some of them have been going to concerts for fifty or sixty years. 1.1 (sixties) The numbers from sixty to sixty-nine, especially the years of a century or of a person’s life: Morris was in his early sixties the flower children of the sixties... White hairs and a few wrinkles painted a portrait of a man in his sixties, perhaps late sixties. My great aunts worked all through the fifties and sixties, on the farm or teaching school. Politically the sixties generation came to maturity in the eighties. 1.2Sixty miles an hour: they were doing sixty... Driving sixty miles per hour, the telephone poles are closer together - it's only when you're walking that you recognize how far apart they are. Jane hit the brakes, and we slowed to sixty miles per hour. In less then four seconds they were going sixty miles and hour! 1.3Sixty years old: he retired at sixty... Most Italians may now not retire before the age of sixty; fifty-seven has been the norm, and many did so earlier. From the age of sixty onwards, grandfather lost interest in most things that were not related to bee-keeping and the planting of trees. If he was alive today, he would be sixty years of age. 1.4A size of garment or other merchandise denoted by sixty. Derivatives sixtieth /ˈsɪkstɪəθ / ordinal number ... He was sworn in on July 16, 1982, as the sixtieth U.S. secretary of state and served until January 20, 1989. On the Saturday night I went to a United Nations Association dinner marking the sixtieth anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter. Today is the sixtieth birthday of the minister. sixtyfold adjective & adverb ... Who knows whether God cannot scatter these unlikely seeds to bring forth a harvest of thirtyfold, sixtyfold, or even a hundredfold. It grows up and produces a yield, some thirtyfold, some sixtyfold, and some a hundredfold. Origin Old English siextig (see six, -ty²).
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