| 释义 |
six·teen
I. \(ˈ)sik|stēn\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English sixtene, adjective & noun, from Old English sixtȳne (akin to Old High German sehszehan, Old Norse sextān), from six + -tȳne (from tȳn ten) — more at six, ten
: being one more than 15 in number
< sixteen years >
— see number table; used prepositively to designate specified years of the 17th century
< the sixteen-eighties >
< the early sixteen-hundreds >
II. pronoun, plural in construction
Etymology: Middle English sixtene, from sixtene, n. & adjective
: 16 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
< sixteen are here >
< sixteen were found >
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English sixtene, from Old English sixtȳne
1. : 10 and six : twice eight : eight times two : four fours : the square of four
2.
a. : 16 units or objects
< a total of sixteen >
b. : a group or set of 16
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 16
4. : the 16th in a set or series; especially : an article of clothing of the 16th size
< wears a sixteen >
5. sixteens plural : sixteenmo |