sixteen
sixteen — noun
1. the number represented by the digits 1 and 6, which comes between fifteen and se
the number represented by the digits 1 and 6, which comes between fifteen and seventeen
Sixteen is Saira's favourite number because it is the day she was born.
The train at platform sixteen will leave in five minutes.
position after a noun to show a label or order
If you add seven and nine together, the answer is sixteen.
Turn to page sixteen and read the first paragraph aloud.
Keiko wrote the number sixteen at the top of her birthday card.
文法句型
sixteen + singular verb
noun + sixteen (label/position)
常見錯誤
sixteen — number
1. used to say that there are 16 people or things, or that someone or something is
used to say that there are 16 people or things, or that someone or something is 16 years old
Owen invited sixteen classmates to his birthday party this weekend.
Eri turned sixteen last month and celebrated with a small dinner.
turn + number for reaching a particular age
There are sixteen eggs in this box, so we have enough for the cake.
Mert counted sixteen birds sitting on the wires behind his house.
When she was sixteen, Ayana started learning to drive a car.
文法句型
sixteen + plural noun
sixteen + years old
be + sixteen (age)
用法筆記
When stating someone's age, 'sixteen years old' is the full form, but 'I am sixteen' (without 'years old') is very common in spoken English. 'Sixteen-year-old' with hyphens is used as an adjective before a noun, e.g. 'a sixteen-year-old student.'