Definition of sixteen in English:

sixteen

cardinal number sɪksˈtiːnˈsɪkstiːn

1Equivalent to the product of four and four; one more than fifteen, or six more than ten; 16.
16十六；十六个
sixteen miles east of Dublin
都柏林以东16英里。
sixteen of our eighteen patients
我们18个病号中的16个。
Example sentencesExamples
- Plants require sixteen nutrients to grow and produce their flowers, fruits or vegetables.
- There were eight drink driving offences in the first week, twelve in the second, sixteen in the third and eighteen in the fourth.
- He said there were sixteen to eighteen permanent nursing places waiting to be filled while staff overtime was banned.
- They were working fifteen to sixteen hours a day and at the same time coping with the difficulties of living on a reduced benefit.
- He estimated that the room was at least sixteen feet tall, meaning that it would take four of him to reach the top.
- A total of fifteen salmon were caught by anglers ranging in age from four years to sixteen years.
- Where else can you get four adorable sparkly halter tops for sixteen dollars?
- We only have about four hundred students in all, so the most we have in a class in fifteen or sixteen.
- Besides: with sixteen guests in all, and four weeks to fill, we have a pleasing numerical symmetry.
1. 1.1 A size of garment or other merchandise denoted by sixteen.
  （衣服等商品的）十六号
2. 1.2 Sixteen years old.
  十六岁
  a daughter of sixteen
  16岁的女儿。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Girls between age nine and age sixteen undergo a series of puberty and initiation rites known as chinamwali.
  Almost half of all working women have children under the age of sixteen.
  For groups under sixteen years of age, boys and girls, there must be an adult in charge.
  He was an exceptional student and a young writer, beginning his writing career at the age of sixteen.
  She became a member of a traveling theater at the age of sixteen, and then found herself working as a maid for a white woman.
  Formal education is compulsory between six and sixteen years of age.
  At the age of sixteen, he started to earn money from a part-time job and this gave him the chance to develop his hobby.
  Education is required for all children between the ages of five and sixteen.
  He got his first job in Joyce's of Ballymoe at the age of sixteen and went into business himself some years later as a street trader.
  Between ages of ten and sixteen, most young Burmese men and some young women become Buddhist novices and go to live in a monastery.
  They will have to be accompanied by a parent or a designated guardian over sixteen years of age.
  Young people aged under sixteen are assigned the task of researching the identity of the place in which they live.
  When I moved out to Canada, at sixteen, everyone my age could already drive - they learnt at school.
  The auditions are open to anyone over the age of sixteen.
  When the two adults arrived home, they were both met by their sixteen year old daughters.
  At the age of sixteen, she left the convent to marry Jimenez's father, Antonio.
  His sixteen year old daughter stood on the porch, her arms crossed over her chest, her gaze hard and cold.
  At the age of sixteen her parents betrothed her to their next-door neighbor's son Ceran.
  By the time Simon reached the age of sixteen he was pretty adamant that musical theatre was the route he wanted to follow as a profession.
  Truthfully, I didn't even know it was possible to love someone at the innocent age of sixteen.

Origin

Old English siextīene (see six, -teen).

Rhymes

Aberdeen, Amin, aquamarine, baleen, bean, been, beguine, Benin, between, canteen, careen, Claudine, clean, contravene, convene, cuisine, dean, Dene, e'en, eighteen, fascine, fedayeen, fifteen, figurine, foreseen, fourteen, Francine, gean, gene, glean, gombeen, green, Greene, Halloween, intervene, Janine, Jean, Jeannine, Jolene, Kean, keen, Keene, Ladin, langoustine, latrine, lean, limousine, machine, Maclean, magazine, Malines, margarine, marine, Mascarene, Massine, Maxine, mean, Medellín, mesne, mien, Moline, moreen, mujahedin, Nadine, nankeen, Nazarene, Nene, nineteen, nougatine, obscene, palanquin, peen, poteen, preen, quean, Rabin, Racine, ramin, ravine, routine, Sabine, saltine, sardine, sarin, sateen, scene, screen, seen, serene, seventeen, shagreen, shebeen, sheen, spleen, spring-clean, squireen, Steen, submarine, supervene, tambourine, tangerine, teen, terrine, thirteen, transmarine, treen, tureen, Tyrrhene, ultramarine, umpteen, velveteen, wean, ween, Wheen, yean

Definition of sixteen in US English:

sixteen

cardinal number

1Equivalent to the product of four and four; one more than fifteen, or six more than ten; 16.
16十六；十六个
sixteen miles east of Detroit
都柏林以东16英里。
sixteen of our eighteen patients
我们18个病号中的16个。
Example sentencesExamples
- A total of fifteen salmon were caught by anglers ranging in age from four years to sixteen years.
- He estimated that the room was at least sixteen feet tall, meaning that it would take four of him to reach the top.
- Where else can you get four adorable sparkly halter tops for sixteen dollars?
- He said there were sixteen to eighteen permanent nursing places waiting to be filled while staff overtime was banned.
- We only have about four hundred students in all, so the most we have in a class in fifteen or sixteen.
- Besides: with sixteen guests in all, and four weeks to fill, we have a pleasing numerical symmetry.
- They were working fifteen to sixteen hours a day and at the same time coping with the difficulties of living on a reduced benefit.
- There were eight drink driving offences in the first week, twelve in the second, sixteen in the third and eighteen in the fourth.
- Plants require sixteen nutrients to grow and produce their flowers, fruits or vegetables.
1. 1.1 A size of garment or other merchandise denoted by sixteen.
  （衣服等商品的）十六号
2. 1.2 Sixteen years old.
  十六岁
  a daughter of sixteen
  16岁的女儿。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Young people aged under sixteen are assigned the task of researching the identity of the place in which they live.
  At the age of sixteen, she left the convent to marry Jimenez's father, Antonio.
  Between ages of ten and sixteen, most young Burmese men and some young women become Buddhist novices and go to live in a monastery.
  Girls between age nine and age sixteen undergo a series of puberty and initiation rites known as chinamwali.
  Truthfully, I didn't even know it was possible to love someone at the innocent age of sixteen.
  She became a member of a traveling theater at the age of sixteen, and then found herself working as a maid for a white woman.
  At the age of sixteen her parents betrothed her to their next-door neighbor's son Ceran.
  By the time Simon reached the age of sixteen he was pretty adamant that musical theatre was the route he wanted to follow as a profession.
  When I moved out to Canada, at sixteen, everyone my age could already drive - they learnt at school.
  He got his first job in Joyce's of Ballymoe at the age of sixteen and went into business himself some years later as a street trader.
  At the age of sixteen, he started to earn money from a part-time job and this gave him the chance to develop his hobby.
  He was an exceptional student and a young writer, beginning his writing career at the age of sixteen.
  Almost half of all working women have children under the age of sixteen.
  His sixteen year old daughter stood on the porch, her arms crossed over her chest, her gaze hard and cold.
  Education is required for all children between the ages of five and sixteen.
  The auditions are open to anyone over the age of sixteen.
  They will have to be accompanied by a parent or a designated guardian over sixteen years of age.
  For groups under sixteen years of age, boys and girls, there must be an adult in charge.
  Formal education is compulsory between six and sixteen years of age.
  When the two adults arrived home, they were both met by their sixteen year old daughters.

Origin

Old English siextīene (see six, -teen).

词汇	sixteen
释义	Definition of sixteen in English: sixteen cardinal number sɪksˈtiːnˈsɪkstiːn 1Equivalent to the product of four and four; one more than fifteen, or six more than ten; 16. 16十六；十六个 sixteen miles east of Dublin 都柏林以东16英里。 sixteen of our eighteen patients 我们18个病号中的16个。 Example sentencesExamples Plants require sixteen nutrients to grow and produce their flowers, fruits or vegetables. There were eight drink driving offences in the first week, twelve in the second, sixteen in the third and eighteen in the fourth. He said there were sixteen to eighteen permanent nursing places waiting to be filled while staff overtime was banned. They were working fifteen to sixteen hours a day and at the same time coping with the difficulties of living on a reduced benefit. He estimated that the room was at least sixteen feet tall, meaning that it would take four of him to reach the top. A total of fifteen salmon were caught by anglers ranging in age from four years to sixteen years. Where else can you get four adorable sparkly halter tops for sixteen dollars? We only have about four hundred students in all, so the most we have in a class in fifteen or sixteen. Besides: with sixteen guests in all, and four weeks to fill, we have a pleasing numerical symmetry. 1.1 A size of garment or other merchandise denoted by sixteen. （衣服等商品的）十六号 1.2 Sixteen years old. 十六岁 a daughter of sixteen 16岁的女儿。 Example sentencesExamples Girls between age nine and age sixteen undergo a series of puberty and initiation rites known as chinamwali. Almost half of all working women have children under the age of sixteen. For groups under sixteen years of age, boys and girls, there must be an adult in charge. He was an exceptional student and a young writer, beginning his writing career at the age of sixteen. She became a member of a traveling theater at the age of sixteen, and then found herself working as a maid for a white woman. Formal education is compulsory between six and sixteen years of age. At the age of sixteen, he started to earn money from a part-time job and this gave him the chance to develop his hobby. Education is required for all children between the ages of five and sixteen. He got his first job in Joyce's of Ballymoe at the age of sixteen and went into business himself some years later as a street trader. Between ages of ten and sixteen, most young Burmese men and some young women become Buddhist novices and go to live in a monastery. They will have to be accompanied by a parent or a designated guardian over sixteen years of age. Young people aged under sixteen are assigned the task of researching the identity of the place in which they live. When I moved out to Canada, at sixteen, everyone my age could already drive - they learnt at school. The auditions are open to anyone over the age of sixteen. When the two adults arrived home, they were both met by their sixteen year old daughters. At the age of sixteen, she left the convent to marry Jimenez's father, Antonio. His sixteen year old daughter stood on the porch, her arms crossed over her chest, her gaze hard and cold. At the age of sixteen her parents betrothed her to their next-door neighbor's son Ceran. By the time Simon reached the age of sixteen he was pretty adamant that musical theatre was the route he wanted to follow as a profession. Truthfully, I didn't even know it was possible to love someone at the innocent age of sixteen. Origin Old English siextīene (see six, -teen). Rhymes Aberdeen, Amin, aquamarine, baleen, bean, been, beguine, Benin, between, canteen, careen, Claudine, clean, contravene, convene, cuisine, dean, Dene, e'en, eighteen, fascine, fedayeen, fifteen, figurine, foreseen, fourteen, Francine, gean, gene, glean, gombeen, green, Greene, Halloween, intervene, Janine, Jean, Jeannine, Jolene, Kean, keen, Keene, Ladin, langoustine, latrine, lean, limousine, machine, Maclean, magazine, Malines, margarine, marine, Mascarene, Massine, Maxine, mean, Medellín, mesne, mien, Moline, moreen, mujahedin, Nadine, nankeen, Nazarene, Nene, nineteen, nougatine, obscene, palanquin, peen, poteen, preen, quean, Rabin, Racine, ramin, ravine, routine, Sabine, saltine, sardine, sarin, sateen, scene, screen, seen, serene, seventeen, shagreen, shebeen, sheen, spleen, spring-clean, squireen, Steen, submarine, supervene, tambourine, tangerine, teen, terrine, thirteen, transmarine, treen, tureen, Tyrrhene, ultramarine, umpteen, velveteen, wean, ween, Wheen, yean Definition of sixteen in US English: sixteen cardinal number 1Equivalent to the product of four and four; one more than fifteen, or six more than ten; 16. 16十六；十六个 sixteen miles east of Detroit 都柏林以东16英里。 sixteen of our eighteen patients 我们18个病号中的16个。 Example sentencesExamples A total of fifteen salmon were caught by anglers ranging in age from four years to sixteen years. He estimated that the room was at least sixteen feet tall, meaning that it would take four of him to reach the top. Where else can you get four adorable sparkly halter tops for sixteen dollars? He said there were sixteen to eighteen permanent nursing places waiting to be filled while staff overtime was banned. We only have about four hundred students in all, so the most we have in a class in fifteen or sixteen. Besides: with sixteen guests in all, and four weeks to fill, we have a pleasing numerical symmetry. They were working fifteen to sixteen hours a day and at the same time coping with the difficulties of living on a reduced benefit. There were eight drink driving offences in the first week, twelve in the second, sixteen in the third and eighteen in the fourth. Plants require sixteen nutrients to grow and produce their flowers, fruits or vegetables. 1.1 A size of garment or other merchandise denoted by sixteen. （衣服等商品的）十六号 1.2 Sixteen years old. 十六岁 a daughter of sixteen 16岁的女儿。 Example sentencesExamples Young people aged under sixteen are assigned the task of researching the identity of the place in which they live. At the age of sixteen, she left the convent to marry Jimenez's father, Antonio. Between ages of ten and sixteen, most young Burmese men and some young women become Buddhist novices and go to live in a monastery. Girls between age nine and age sixteen undergo a series of puberty and initiation rites known as chinamwali. Truthfully, I didn't even know it was possible to love someone at the innocent age of sixteen. She became a member of a traveling theater at the age of sixteen, and then found herself working as a maid for a white woman. At the age of sixteen her parents betrothed her to their next-door neighbor's son Ceran. By the time Simon reached the age of sixteen he was pretty adamant that musical theatre was the route he wanted to follow as a profession. When I moved out to Canada, at sixteen, everyone my age could already drive - they learnt at school. He got his first job in Joyce's of Ballymoe at the age of sixteen and went into business himself some years later as a street trader. At the age of sixteen, he started to earn money from a part-time job and this gave him the chance to develop his hobby. He was an exceptional student and a young writer, beginning his writing career at the age of sixteen. Almost half of all working women have children under the age of sixteen. His sixteen year old daughter stood on the porch, her arms crossed over her chest, her gaze hard and cold. Education is required for all children between the ages of five and sixteen. The auditions are open to anyone over the age of sixteen. They will have to be accompanied by a parent or a designated guardian over sixteen years of age. For groups under sixteen years of age, boys and girls, there must be an adult in charge. Formal education is compulsory between six and sixteen years of age. When the two adults arrived home, they were both met by their sixteen year old daughters. Origin Old English siextīene (see six, -teen).
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