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    eighteen

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Numbers
    eigh·teen /ˌeɪˈtiːn◂/ ●●● S3 W2 number  HMNthe number 18 十八 At least eighteen bullets were fired. 至少射出了18颗子弹。 Jim was eighteen (=18 years old). 吉姆18岁。 —eighteenth adjective, pronoun in the eighteenth century 在18世纪 her eighteenth birthday 她的18岁生日 I’m planning to leave on the eighteenth (=the 18th day of the month). 我打算18号走。
    Examples from the Corpus
    eighteen• Six had been killed in action, eighteen had died in service, and thirty-six had been wounded.• Bobby was eighteen, nineteen, something like that.• The remaining eighteen were likely to resist for a variety of reasons.the eighteenth• Let's have dinner on the eighteenth.    Origin eighteen Old English eahtatiene, from eahta “eight” + tien “ten”
    eigh·teen numberChineseSyllable
    the Corpus number 18


    eighteen
    eigh‧teen /ˌeɪˈtiːn◂/ number
     Language: Old English
     Origin: eahtatiene, from eahta __eight__ + tien __ten__
    the number 18:
        At least eighteen bullets were fired.
        Jim was eighteen (=18 years old).
    —eighteenth adjective, pronoun:
        in the eighteenth century
        her eighteenth birthday
        I’m planning to leave on the eighteenth (=the 18th day of the month).


    🔑 eight·eenBrE /ˌeɪˈtiːn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌeɪˈtiːn/ 🔊 number18 十八▸ eight·eenth 🔑 BrE /ˌeɪˈtiːnθ/ 🔊NAmE /ˌeɪˈtiːnθ/ 🔊 ordinal number, noun HELP There are examples of how to use ordinal numbers at the entry for fifth. 序数词用法示例见 fifth 条。