核心畫面

Picture the count rolling over: twenty-nine, then a new ten opens and you land on 30. That one number is the whole word. Everything else happens when English takes 30 as the start of a stretch — 30, 31, 32 … 39 — and calls the whole stretch the thirties, a plural you can use for years, ages, or degrees.

可以想成數線上數過 29,翻過一個十位,落在 30。這個數字本身就是整個字。其他用法都是同一件事:英文把 30 當成更多收起可以想成數線上數過 29,翻過一個十位,落在 30。這個數字本身就是整個字。其他用法都是同一件事:英文把 30 當成一段的起點——30、31、32…一直到 39——再把整段叫作 the thirties(複數),年代、年紀、溫度都能這樣講。

From the picture

the thirties:三十到三十九這一段

一旦加上 the 和複數 -s,30 就不再是一個點,而是一整段 30 到 39。這一段可以掛在年份、年紀或溫度上,用法完全一樣。

aged 30 to 39 · number · A2

If you are in your thirties, your age is between 30 and 39 years old.

三十幾歲

Also in this word

the number 30 · number · A2

The number 30, which comes after twenty-nine and before thirty-one.

三十

原始詞典資料3 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。

thirtynum/ˈθɜːti/

  • 1

    The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.

    • To conclude, here in tabular form is a summary of our ratings of espressos produced from thirty pod, capsule and disc blends.

thirtynoun/ˈθɜːti/

  • 1

    slangA rack of thirty beers.

  • 2

    broadcastingmediaA commercial lasting 30 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 WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。