| 释义 |
sev·en·teenth
I. \-ēn(t)th\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English sevententhe, alteration (influenced by seventene) of seventethe, from Old English seofontēotha (akin to Old Norse sjautjāndi, sjautāndi seventeenth), from seofontīene, seofontȳne, seofontēne seventeen + -otha, -tha -th
1. : being number 17 in a countable series
< the seventeenth day >
— see number table
2. : being one of 17 equal parts into which something is divisible
< a seventeenth share of the money >
II. noun
(plural seventeenths)
1. : number 17 in a countable series
< the seventeenth of the month >
2. : the quotient of a unit divided by 17 : one of 17 equal parts of something
< one seventeenth of the total >
3.
a. : an interval of two octaves and a third
b. : a pipe-organ stop sounding two octaves and a major third above the normal |