| 释义 |
sev·en·teen
I. \|sevən.|tēn, -evəm|-, -ebəm|-\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English seventene, adjective & pron., from Old English seofontīene, seofontȳne, seofontēne (akin to Old Norse sjautjān, sjautān seventeen), from seofon seven + -tīene, -tȳne, -tēne (from tīen, tȳn, tēn ten) — more at seven, ten
: being one more than 16 in number
< seventeen years >
— used prepositively to designate various years of the 18th century
< the seventeen-eighties >
< the early seventeen-hundreds >
— see number table
II. pronoun, plural in construction
Etymology: Middle English seventene
: 17 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
< seventeen are here >
< seventeen were found >
III. noun
(-s)
1. : 10 and seven
2.
a. : 17 units or objects
< a total of seventeen >
b. : a group or set of 17
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 17
4. : the 17th in a set or series; especially : an article of clothing of the 17th size
< wears a seventeen > |