twentieth
英 [?twenti?θ]
美[?twenti?θ]
- n. 二十分之一
- adj. 第二十的；二十分之一的
- num. 第二十
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复数:?twentieths;
英文词源
- twentieth (adj.)
- 16c., from twenty + -th (1), replacing Middle English twentithe, from Old English twentigoea. The Twentieth Century Limited was an express train from New York to Chicago 1902-1967.
双语例句
- 1. Some have called him the greatest entertainer of the twentieth century.
- 有人曾称他为20世纪最伟大的艺人。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The rogue male is not a twentieth-century phenomenon.
- 男性不安分守己并非20世纪特有的现象。
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- 3. Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.
- 十九次失败,直到第二十次才获成功,这就是坚持.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Camus is considered to be one of the twentieth century's literary giants.
- 加缪被视为20世纪的文学巨匠之一.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The space age dawned in the twentieth century.
- 太空时代开始于二十世纪.
来自《简明英汉词典》