eighteen

英[eɪ'tiːn;'eɪtiːn] 美[,e'tin]
  • n. 十八,十八个
  • adj. 十八个的,十八的
  • num. 十八

词态变化


复数: eighteens;

英文词源


eighteen (n.)
late 14c., eightene, earlier ahtene (c. 1200), from Old English eahtatiene, eahtatyne; see eight + -teen. Cognate with Old Frisian schtatine, Old Saxon ahtotian, Dutch achttien, Old High German ahtozehan, German achtzehn, Old Norse attjan, Swedish adertån.

双语例句


1. Their two faces were hardly more than eighteen inches apart.
他俩的脸相隔还不到18英寸。

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2. Eighteen boats plied the 1,000 miles of river along a trading route.
18艘船沿着贸易航线往返于1,000英里的河面上。

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3. The Honduran press published reports of eighteen cases of alleged baby snatching.
洪都拉斯媒体报道了18起涉嫌偷拐婴儿的案件。

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4. He was a kid really, not more than eighteen or nineteen.
他实际上还是个孩子,最多不过十八九岁。

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5. It's not designed for anyone under age eighteen.
它不是为18岁以下者设计的。

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