eighty-eleven

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Very many; too many to count; quite a lot. US,dialectal,informal,not-comparable
    — ...eighty-eleven other things...
  2. Synonym of ninety-one. not-comparable,obsolete
    — Q. Do not they go on saying "eighty-eleven" for "ninety-one," &c.? A. Yes, to ninety-nine.

词形变化

eighty eleven alternative eighty-leven alternative eighty-'leven alternative

词汇关系

相关词
twenty-eleven thirty-eleven forty-eleven fifty-eleven sixty-eleven seventy-eleven ninety-eleven

词源

Originally as a calque of French quatre-vingt-onze. In American dialects, from humorous use of eleven to continue counting the eighties.
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