seventeen
seventeen — number
1. the number between sixteen and eighteen, used when counting a group of people or
the number between sixteen and eighteen, used when counting a group of people or things
Tamar invited seventeen friends to her birthday party.
seventeen + plural noun for counting
Caleb bought the jacket for seventeen dollars at the shop.
seventeen + [currency] expressing cost
The train from Taipei arrived seventeen minutes late.
There were seventeen students in the morning class.
文法句型
seventeen + plural countable noun
常見錯誤
seventeen — noun
1. the written symbol (17) or the value arrived at by adding one to sixteen, treate
the written symbol (17) or the value arrived at by adding one to sixteen, treated as a thing rather than as a count
For as long as I can remember, seventeen has been my grandmother's lucky number.
noun as subject, singular verb
The teacher asked the class to count from one to seventeen.
Can you find the number seventeen on this street map?
Nila added twelve and five and got seventeen.
The bus number seventeen stops right outside the station.
文法句型
seventeen + verb (singular)
the number seventeen
用法筆記
When used as a noun, 'seventeen' takes a singular verb: 'Seventeen is…' (not 'Seventeen are…'). When used as a number before a noun, no article is needed: 'seventeen books' (not 'a seventeen books').