twelfth

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ]|/twɛlθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɤθ]|/twɛlf/ [tʰw̥ɛɫʷf]|/twɛlftθ/    美 /twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ]|/twɛlθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɤθ]|/twɛlf/ [tʰw̥ɛɫʷf]|/twɛlftθ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of twelve equal parts of a whole.
    — A twelfth of 240 is 20.
  2. An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth.
形容词 adj.
  1. The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence. not-comparable
    — The answer appears on the twelfth page of the book.

词形变化

twelfe alternative twelveth alternative twelfths plural twelfe alternative twelveth alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
perfect twelfth

词源

词源 1
From Middle English twelfthe, twelfte, from Old English twelfta (“twelfth”), from Proto-Germanic *twaliftô (“twelfth”), equivalent to twelve + -th (ordinal suffix). Cognate with Scots twalt (“twelfth”), Saterland Frisian tweelfte (“twelfth”), West Frisian tolfde (“twelfth”), Dutch twaalfde (“twelfth”), German Low German twalfde, twalvde (“twelfth”), German zwölfte (“twelfth”), Danish tolvte (“twelfth”),
Swedish tolfte (“twelfth”), Icelandic tólfta (“twelfth”).
词源 2
From Middle English twelfthe, twelfte, from Old English twelfta (“twelfth”), from Proto-Germanic *twaliftô (“twelfth”), equivalent to twelve + -th (ordinal suffix). Cognate with Scots twalt (“twelfth”), Saterland Frisian tweelfte (“twelfth”), West Frisian tolfde (“twelfth”), Dutch twaalfde (“twelfth”), German Low German twalfde, twalvde (“twelfth”), German zwölfte (“twelfth”), Danish tolvte (“twelfth”),
Swedish tolfte (“twelfth”), Icelandic tólfta (“twelfth”).
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