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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++six·ty /ˈsɪksti/ ●●● W3 number 1 HMNthe number 60 60 六十 sixty years ago 六十年前2 the sixties [plural] (also the '60s, the 1960s)TMC the years from 1960 to 1969 （二十世纪）六十年代 The book was written in the sixties. 这本书写于 60年代。the early/late sixties the student riots in Paris in the late sixties 60年代末巴黎的学生骚乱3 be in your sixties OLD/NOT NEWto be aged between 60 and 69 69 在六十到六十九岁之间，是六十多岁early/mid/late sixties I’d say she was in her late sixties. 我估计她快70岁了。4 in the sixties if the temperature is in the sixties, it is between 60 degrees and 69 degrees 〔温度〕六十多度in the low/mid/high sixties a fine spring day, with the temperatures in the low sixties 气温略高于60度的一个晴朗春日 —sixtieth adjective, pronoun her sixtieth birthday 她的60岁生日Origin sixty Old English sixtig, from six “six”
six·ty numberChineseSyllable
sixty
six‧ty /ˈsɪksti/
number
sixty years ago
2. the sixties [plural] (also the __60s, the 1960s) the years from 1960 to 1969:
The book was written in the sixties.
the early/late sixties
the student riots in Paris in the late sixties
3. be in your sixties to be aged between 60 and 69
early/mid/late sixties
I’d say she was in her late sixties.
4. in the sixties if the temperature is in the sixties, it is between 60 degrees and 69 degrees
in the low/mid/high sixties
a fine spring day, with the temperatures in the low sixties
—sixtieth adjective, pronoun:
her sixtieth birthday
six‧ty /ˈsɪksti/
number Language: Old English
Origin: sixtig, from six __six__
1. the number 60:Origin: sixtig, from six __six__
2. the sixties [plural] (also the __60s, the 1960s) the years from 1960 to 1969:
the early/late sixties
3. be in your sixties to be aged between 60 and 69
early/mid/late sixties
4. in the sixties if the temperature is in the sixties, it is between 60 degrees and 69 degrees
in the low/mid/high sixties
—sixtieth adjective, pronoun:
