thirty

英['θɜːtɪ] 美['θɝti]

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复数: thirties;

thirty 三十

来自 three,三，-ty,十，词源同 ten.

thirty (adj.): late 14c. metathesis of thritti, from Old English þritig, from þri, þreo "three" (see three) + -tig "group of ten" (see -ty (1)). Similar formation in Old Frisian thritich, Old Saxon thritig, Dutch dertig, Old High German drizzug, German dreissig.

The Thirty Years' War (1842) was a religious power struggle waged 1618-48, mainly on German soil. The symbol -30- as printer and telegrapher's code to indicate the last sheet or line of copy or a dispatch is recorded from 1895. In 20c. jargon of newspaper journalism, it came to be a traditional sign-off signal and slang word for "the end."

1. By 1973 the government deficit equalled thirty per cent of GNP.: 到1973年，政府财政赤字相当于国民生产总值的30%。

2. I know that you'vebeen studying chimpanzees for thirty years now.: 我知道你研究黑猩猩至今已有30年了。

3. Thirty seconds later she reappeared and beckoned them forward.: 30秒后她又出现了，示意他们往前来。

5. They walked through the dense Mozambican bush for thirty six hours.: 他们花了36个小时穿过茂密的莫桑比克丛林。