喜樂美語
  1. 1num/ˌeɪˈtiːn/十八

    the number 18. You use it to count things, to say how old someone is, or to say which one in a line something is.

    eighteen 就是數字 18。它可以想成「eight（八）加上 -teen 這個『十』的尾巴長出來的」——thirteen 到 nineteen 都用同一個尾巴，所以 8 + 10 就變成 eighteen。除了數東西，英文說年紀時常常只講數字：Jim was eighteen 就是「Jim 十八歲」，後面的 years old 可以省略。要注意 eighteen 的重音在後面（eighTEEN），跟 eighty（EIGHty，八十）不一樣。

    示範例句 · Example

    There are eighteen students in our English class this year.

    中文翻譯在我們的英文班今年有十八個學生。

    常見搭配

    • be eighteen (years old)

      十八歲

      to be 18 years of age

      My cousin is eighteen, and he just started college.

    • turn eighteen

      滿十八歲

      to reach the age of 18

      Sam turns eighteen this summer.

    • the eighteenth

      十八號；第十八個

      the 18th day of the month, or the 18th one in a line

      I'm planning to leave on the eighteenth.

    • eighteen months

      十八個月（一年半）

      a period of 18 months (a year and a half)

      They lived in Tainan for eighteen months.

    • at eighteen

      在十八歲時

      when someone was 18 years old

      At eighteen, she moved to a new city to study music.

    • platform / room / page eighteen

      十八號月台／房間／第十八頁

      the one with the number 18 on it

      Please open your books to page eighteen.

    意思相近

    18

core核心畫面

From the word’s history

From Old English eahtatīene; eight + -teen.

源自古英文 eahtatīene，就是 eight 加上 -teen。

Wiktionary

The number 18 — one step past seventeen, one step short of nineteen. It is built the plain way: eight plus the -teen ending that English puts on ten-and-something, so it counts things, gives an age, or marks a position in a line.

可以想成數線上那個固定的位置：十七的下一格、十九的前一格，也就是 18。它的組成很直白——eight 加上英文用來表示「十幾」的字尾 -teen。數東西、講年紀、講排第幾、講第幾頁，用的都是同一個 18。在英美，滿 18 歲通常就是法律上的成年，所以這個數字在生活裡常常帶著「可以自己作主了」的份量。

同家族的字

意思相近

18

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Eighteenname

  • 1

    A surname.

eighteennum/ˈeɪ(t).tin/

  • 1

    The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.

    • The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。