| 释义 |
nine·teen
I. \(ˈ)nīn.|tēn, -īnt|tēn sometimes -īnt.|ēn\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English nynetene, nigentene, from Old English nigontīene, nigontȳne, nigontēne (akin to Old High German niunzehan, Old Norse nītjān), from nigon nine + -tīene, -tȳne, -tēne (from tīen, tȳn, tēn ten) — more at nine, ten
: being one more than 18 in number
< nineteen years >
— see number table; used prepositively to designate various years of the 20th century
< the nineteen-eighties >
< the early nineteen-hundreds >
II. pronoun, plural in construction
Etymology: Middle English nynetene, nigentene, from nynetene, nigentene nineteen, adjective
: nineteen countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
< nineteen are here >
< nineteen were found >
III. noun
(-s)
1. : 10 and nine
2.
a. : 19 units or objects
< a total of nineteen >
b. : a group or set of 19
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 19
4. : the nineteenth in a set or series; especially : an article of clothing of the nineteenth size
< wears a nineteen >
5. : something having as an essential feature nineteen units or members
6. [so called from the fact that no hand can score exactly 19] : a score of zero in cribbage |