late 14c., eightene, earlier ahtene (c. 1200), from Old English eahtatiene, eahtatyne; see eight + -teen. Cognate with Old Frisian schtatine, Old Saxon ahtotian, Dutch achttien, Old High German ahtozehan, German achtzehn, Old Norse attjan, Swedish adert?n.
雙語例句
1. Their two faces were hardly more than eighteen inches apart.
他倆的臉相隔還不到18英寸。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Eighteen boats plied the 1,000 miles of river along a trading route.
18艘船沿著貿易航線往返于1,000英里的河面上。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The Honduran press published reports of eighteen cases of alleged baby snatching.
洪都拉斯媒體報道了18起涉嫌偷拐嬰兒的案件。
來自柯林斯例句
4. He was a kid really, not more than eighteen or nineteen.
他實際上還是個孩子，最多不過十八九歲。
來自柯林斯例句
5. It's not designed for anyone under age eighteen.