sixteenth

sixteenth — 形容詞

1. coming straight after the fifteenth item in a series, list, or sequence — for ex

1.形容詞B1
釋義

第十六

在順序上排第十五之後的

coming straight after the fifteenth item in a series, list, or sequence — for example, the sixteenth person to arrive, or a runner placed sixteenth in a race.

例句

Obi celebrated his sixteenth birthday with a big family dinner at a local restaurant.

Obi 和家人一起在當地餐廳吃大餐，慶祝他的十六歲生日。

common collocation: sixteenth birthday

The office is on the sixteenth floor of the new tower near the train station.

辦公室在火車站附近新建大樓的十六樓。

文法句型

the + sixteenth + noun

possessive + sixteenth + noun

用法筆記

Always placed before the noun it describes, like other ordinal numbers (first, second, third). Common in dates, floors, birthdays, and rankings.

常見錯誤

❌She came sixteenthth in the competition.
✅She came sixteenth in the competition.
💡'sixteenth' already ends with '-th'; do not add another.
❌This is my sixteen birthday.
✅This is my sixteenth birthday.
💡use the ordinal form, not the cardinal number.

2. describing one of the sixteen equal parts that a whole amount or object is split

2.形容詞B2
釋義

十六分之一的

指整體分為十六等份中的一份

describing one of the sixteen equal parts that a whole amount or object is split into — used when talking about a share, portion, or measurement.

例句

Darius received a sixteenth share of the company profits after the deal closed.

交易完成後，Darius 獲得了公司利潤的十六分之一份額。

adjective + noun: sixteenth share

The recipe calls for a sixteenth cup of sugar and a pinch of salt.

食譜要求加入十六分之一杯的糖和少許鹽。

文法句型

a + sixteenth + noun

常見錯誤

❌She ate a sixteenth cake.
✅She ate a sixteenth of the cake.
💡as an adjective describing a fraction, 'sixteenth' needs a clear unit noun after it (share, portion, slice).

sixteenth — 名詞