| 释义 |
four·teenth
I. \-n(t)th\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English fourtenthe, adjective & noun, alteration (influenced by fourtene fourteen) of fourtethe, from Old English fēowertēotha (akin to Old Norse fjōrtāndi fourteenth), from fēowertīene, fēowertȳne, fēowertēne fourteen + -otha, -tha -th
1. : being number 14 in a countable series
< the fourteenth day >
— see number table
2. : being one of 14 equal parts into which something is divisible
< a fourteenth share of the money >
II. noun
(plural fourteenths \-n(t)s, -n(t)ths\)
Etymology: Middle English fourtenthe
1. : number 14 in a countable series
< the fourteenth of the month >
2. : the quotient of a unit divided by 14 : one of 14 equal parts of something
< one fourteenth of the total >
3. : a musical interval comprising an octave and a seventh |