释义
[ fif -teen ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈfɪfˈtin / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun a cardinal number, ten plus five.
a symbol for this number, as 15 or XV.
a set of this many persons or things.
adjective amounting to 15 in number.
Origin of fifteen before 900; Middle English, Old English fiftene. See five, -teen
Words nearby fifteen FIFA, fife, fife rail, fifi hook, FIFO, fifteen , Fifteen men on the Dead Man's Chest — / Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!, fifteenth, Fifteenth Amendment, fifth, Fifth Amendment
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Example sentences from the Web for fifteen Bob Cratchit, the clerk who is the father of Tiny Tim and who meekly serves Scrooge, is paid fifteen shillings a week.
How Dickens and Scrooge Saved Christmas | Clive Irving| December 22, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Fifteen people were killed, more than 200 were injured, and more than 300 families lost their homes.
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Fifteen years later, the same communities had returned for the annual celebration, as most had year after year.
London’s Pagan Counterculture Kings | Justin Jones| October 12, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Fifteen years after its last execution, Pennsylvania is finding it difficult to fire up its death machine again.
Pennsylvania’s Lethal Injection Fiasco | Christopher Moraff| September 18, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Fifteen percent of all 911 calls involve a person with a physical or mental disability.
Police Brutality's Hidden Victims: The Disabled | Elizabeth Heideman| September 8, 2014| DAILY BEAST
It was thirty-five feet long by fifteen broad, and twenty-two feet high.
Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers | Ian Maclaren
You have fifteen rum-shops to meet before you get back to your wife and child.
A Singular Life | Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
As resident physician for over fifteen years, I had learned patience in these matters.
Unbegotten Child | Winston Marks
Yes, I am proud of my dear daughter whom I have not seen in fifteen years.
The Girls at Mount Morris | Amanda Minnie Douglas
Had a war over here not long ago, I understand—somethin' like ten or fifteen years ago.
Graustark | George Barr McCutcheon
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British Dictionary definitions for fifteen (1 of 2) noun the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and five
a numeral, 15, XV, etc, representing this number
something represented by, representing, or consisting of 15 units
a rugby union football team
determiner amounting to fifteen fifteen jokes (as pronoun ) fifteen of us danced Word Origin for fifteen Old English fīftēne
British Dictionary definitions for fifteen (2 of 2) noun the Fifteen British history the Jacobite rising of 1715
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