sixteenth

英 [ˌsɪksˈtiːnθ]

美 [ˌsɪksˈtiːnθ]

ord.  第十六
short  十六分之一
num.  第十六; 月的第十六日; 十六分之一第十六

高考

Collins.1 / BNC.5786 / COCA.10249

柯林斯词典

• ORD 第十六
  Thesixteenthitem in a series is the one that you count as number sixteen.
  1. ...the sixteenth century AD.
     公元 16 世纪
• FRACTION 十六分之一
  Asixteenthis one of sixteen equal parts of something.
  1. ...a sixteenth of a second.
     1/16秒
  2. ...fifteen sixteenths of an inch.
     15/16英寸

英英释义

noun

• one part in sixteen equal parts
  Synonym:one-sixteenthsixteenth part
• position 16 in a countable series of things

adj

• coming next after the fifteenth in position
  Synonym:16th

双语例句

• On her sixteenth birthday the king and queen planned a celebration that was much bigger than the christening.
  在她十六岁生日的那天，国王和皇后计划了一个比她受洗仪式还要盛大的庆祝会。
• It was not until the sixteenth century that a constructive effort toward solving the ocean's mysteries was begun.
  直到十六世纪才开始做出了积极的尝试来揭开大洋之谜。
• The domination of the spiritual life by the church was attacked by Protestantism in the sixteenth century.
  16世纪，教会对精神生活的支配地位受到了来自新教会方面的抨击。
• Beginning in the sixteenth century many Greek classics were translated into the popular languages.
  从十六世纪开始，许多希腊的经典著作被人用通俗的语言译出。
• Words preview sixteenth seventeenth eighteenth nineteenth twentieth twenty-first thirtieth date Happy Birthday!
  第十六第十七第十八第十九第二十第二十一第三十日期生日快乐！
• Egg whites were a popular form of "laundry detergent" during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in England.
  在十六，十七世纪时的英国，鸡蛋白是对洗衣清洁剂的一种流行说法。
• It served to direct the course of mathematical instruction in the schools of the late sixteenth century.
  它为十六世纪后期学校的数学教学指引了道路。
• He was a minor poet of the sixteenth century& you probably won't have heard of him.
  他是16世纪一个不重要的诗人，你也许没有听说过他。
• Aristotle's static world view was not challenged until the sixteenth century.
  亚里士多德的静态世界观在十六世纪以前一直没有受到怀疑。
• Japan was first brought into contact with Europe in the sixteenth century;
  日本与欧洲的最早接触开始于16世纪。