核心畫面
The number 60 — the number a clock is built on: sixty seconds in a minute, sixty minutes in an hour. Everything else on this page is not sixty by itself, but the plural 'the sixties' used to point at a rough range.
可以想成 60 這個數字，還有鐘面上那一圈：一分鐘六十秒、一小時六十分。除了這個本義之外，其他幾個意思其實都不是 s…更多收起
可以想成 60 這個數字，還有鐘面上那一圈：一分鐘六十秒、一小時六十分。除了這個本義之外，其他幾個意思其實都不是 sixty 單獨扛的——它們全都要變成複數的 the sixties / in your sixties 這種組合，用「六十幾」去指一段模糊的範圍：不確定是幾，只知道落在 60 到 69 之間。原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
sixtynum/ˈsɪksti/
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The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.
- […]the remaining three hundred and sixty words were then vetted with a battery of references. Six potential Mountweazels emerged.
- The first sixty argam form the basis for my own sexagesimal use, in the accounting of my business and in the dimensioning of buildings.
sixtynoun/ˈsɪksti/
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broadcastingmediaA commercial lasting 60 seconds.
- […] instead of thirties [thirty-second commercials], they buy sixties, which cost twice as much. They spend more on filming it than they need to; they buy a lot of ads that are garbage and don't really say anything, just to fill up the space.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。