sixth
英 [s?ksθ]
美[s?ksθ]
- n. 月的第六日，（與the連用的）第六個(gè)；六分之一
- adj. （與 the 連用）第六的，第六個(gè)的；六分之一的
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?sixths;
中文詞源
sixth 第六
six,六，-th,表序數(shù)。
英文詞源
- sixth (adj.)
- 1520s, replacing Middle English sixte (c. 1200), from Old English syxte, from siex (see six). Compare Old Frisian sexta, Middle Dutch seste, Old High German sehsto, German sechste, Gothic saihsta. With ending conformed to -th (1). Related: Sixthly. The noun meaning "a sixth part" is from 1550s. As a music tone, from 1590s. Sixth sense "supernatural perception of objects" is attested from 1712; earlier it meant "titillation, the sense that apprehends sexual pleasure" (1690s, from Scaliger).
Then said Peter, That is false; for there is a sixth Sense, that of Prescience : for the other five Senses are capable only of Knowledg ; but the Sixth of Foreknowledg ; which Sense the Prophets had. [William Whitson, "Primitive Christianity Reviv'd," vol. V, London, 1712]
雙語例句
- 1. I had one year in the sixth form to retake my GCSEs.
- 我讀中學(xué)六年級(jí)的時(shí)候有一年的時(shí)間可以重新參加普通中等教育證書考試。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The very idea of a sixth form college was novel in 1962.
- 第六學(xué)級(jí)學(xué)院在1962年還是新提法。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. In Tokyo share prices have plummeted for the sixth successive day.
- 東京股價(jià)已連續(xù)第6天猛跌。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The manufacturing economy contracted in October for the sixth consecutive month.
- 10月，制造業(yè)經(jīng)濟(jì)已經(jīng)連續(xù)第6個(gè)月出現(xiàn)萎縮狀況。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Ovarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer contracted by women.
- 卵巢癌是女性常患的第六大癌癥。
來自柯林斯例句