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单词 sixteen
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
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