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thirteen

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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thir·teen /ˌθɜːˈtiːn◂ $ ˌθɜːr-/ ●●● S3 W3 number  HMNthe number 13 十三 They’ve only sold thirteen tickets so far. 到目前为止他们仅仅售出13张票。 When it happened, I was thirteen (=13 years old). 那事发生时,我13岁。thirteenth adjective, pronoun It’s Roberto’s thirteenth birthday. 这是罗伯托的13岁生日。 the thirteenth century 13世纪5 I’m planning to leave on the thirteenth (= the 13th day of the month ).我打算13号走。
Examples from the Corpus
thirteenMohandas Karamchand Gandhi married at the age of thirteen when he was a high school sophomore.
Origin thirteen Old English threotiene, from thrie, threo three + tien ten
thir·teen numberChineseSyllable
Corpus 13 the number


thirteen
thirteen /ˌθɜːˈtiːn◂ $ ˌθɜːr-/ number
 Language: Old English
 Origin: threotiene, from thrie, threo% __three__ + tien __ten__
the number 13:
    They’ve only sold thirteen tickets so far.
    When it happened, I was thirteen (=13 years old).
—thirteenth adjective, pronoun:
    It’s Roberto’s thirteenth birthday.
    the thirteenth century
    I’m planning to leave on the thirteenth (=the 13th day of the month).


🔑 thir·teenBrE /ˌθɜːˈtiːn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌθɜːrˈtiːn/ 🔊 number13 十三 thir·teenth 🔑 BrE /ˌθɜːˈtiːnθ/ 🔊NAmE /ˌθɜːrˈtiːnθ/ 🔊 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。