eightieth
/ey-tee-ith/US // ˈeɪ ti ɪθ //UK // (ˈeɪtɪɪθ) //
第八十次,第八十,第八十期,第八十届
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : next after the seventy-ninth; being the ordinal number for 80.
- : being one of 80 equal parts.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an eightieth part, especially of one.
- : the eightieth member of a series.
Examples
He lived to be ninety years old, and produced the most beautiful of his tragedies in his eightieth year, the "Oedipus at Colonus."
Mlle. Clairon died on January 31, 1803, six days after completing her eightieth year.
So active did he continue to the end of his days, that on his eightieth birthday he climbed an oak in my company.
Since that date he has lived retired in Hutchinson, where he still makes his home, being now in the eightieth year of his age.
None of us are, you know, when we pass the eightieth milestone!
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