| 释义 |
steenth, a. and n. U.S. slang.|stiːnθ|
Also 'steenth.
[Aphetic form of sixteenth.]
A. adj.
a. Sixteenth.
b. Latest in an indefinitely long series; ‘umpteenth’.
B. n. A sixteenth part.
1895Kipling in Idler Apr. 392 My name is Emory—Julian B. Emory—193, 'Steenth Street, corner of Madison. 1899S. Waterloo Launching of Man iv. 36 What do I care..about the 'steenth ‘power’ of anything? 1915S. Ford Torchy, Private Sec. xvi. 289 Letter writin' ain't your long suit... ‘Yours of the steenth just received’..may do for vice-presidents and general managers; but it's raw style to spring on your best girl. 1927B. Reynolds Cocktail Continentale iv. 60 For the steenth time, you ride in a Chandler car. 1935G. & S. Lorimer Heart Specialist 263. 1981 N.Y. Times 9 July d10/3 On Friday, June 19, the option closed at 1/16. In Wall Street language, that's known phonetically as ‘a steenth’... Every day that same week..Conoco's July 70 call had closed at ‘a steenth’, which is as low in price as an option can get. |