early 13c., from sixteen + -th (1); replacing sixtethe, sixteothe, forms based on Old English syxteoea. Cf Old Frisian sextinda, Middle Dutch sestiende, German sechzehnte, Old Norse sextandi. Musical sixteenth note is from 1861.
雙語例句
1. Contemporary photographs are juxtaposed with a sixteenth century, copper Portuguese mirror.
幾幅當(dāng)代照片和一面16世紀(jì)的葡萄牙銅鏡并排擺在一起。
來自柯林斯例句
2. the site of a sixteenth century abbey
一座十六世紀(jì)的修道院的舊址
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. We're studying dramatic texts by sixteenth century playwrights.