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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. 1
    • : next after the seventy-ninth; being the ordinal number for 80.
    • : being one of 80 equal parts.
n.名词 noun
  1. 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!