seventeen
seventeen — 數詞
1. the number between sixteen and eighteen, used when counting a group of people or
十七
數字17，表示數量
the number between sixteen and eighteen, used when counting a group of people or things
Tamar invited seventeen friends to her birthday party.
Tamar 邀請了十七位朋友參加她的生日派對。
seventeen + plural noun for counting
Caleb bought the jacket for seventeen dollars at the shop.
Caleb 用十七塊錢在店裡買了那件外套。
seventeen + [currency] expressing cost
The train from Taipei arrived seventeen minutes late.
從台北出發的火車晚了十七分鐘到達。
There were seventeen students in the morning class.
早上的班級裡有十七名學生。
文法句型
seventeen + plural countable noun
常見錯誤
seventeen — 名詞
1. the written symbol (17) or the value arrived at by adding one to sixteen, treate
十七這個數
比十六多一的數值本身
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.
從我小時候開始，十七就一直是我祖母的幸運數字。
noun as subject, singular verb
The teacher asked the class to count from one to seventeen.
老師要全班從一數到十七。
Can you find the number seventeen on this street map?
你可以在這張街道地圖上找到十七號嗎？
Nila added twelve and five and got seventeen.
Nila 把十二加五，得到了十七。
The bus number seventeen stops right outside the station.
十七號公車就在車站外面停靠。
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').