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fifty-eight

/fif-tee-eyt/US // ˈfɪf tiˈeɪt //

五十八,第五十八届,第五十八章,五八

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a cardinal number, 50 plus 8.
    • : a symbol for this number, as 58 or LVIII.
    • : a set of this many persons or things.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : amounting to 58 in number.

Examples

  • That man was Xavier Cortada, a gay man who wrote of his frustration that he and his partner of eight years were unable to marry.

  • I could complain about how, two out of eight episodes in, Agent Carter is in no hurry to introduce its real villain.

  • The Air Force has about seven pilots for every eight drone pilot slots, in other words.

  • One of the kids had a ball in his hand, and Cuomo took it and tossed it back and forth to an eight year old.

  • If you answered nine or more, you may have won a SONY Betamax and an eight-track operating system.

  • The country is well inhabited, for it contains fifty-one cities, near a hundred walled towns, and a great number of villages.

  • In particular the Governor of Adinskoy offered us a guard of fifty men to the next station, if we apprehended any danger.

  • Done, says he, why let fifty of our men advance, and flank them on each wing.

  • When she arrived she made a regular entry into the city in a coach all gold and glass, drawn by eight superb plumed horses.

  • After an eight weeks' siege, a breach having been made, the city surrendered, and a month later the fort followed the example.