c. 1300, fourtenethe; see fourteen + -th (1). By influence of fourteen, replacing or modifying fourtende, fowrtethe, from Old English feowerteoea, Old Norse *feowertandi "fourteenth." Compare Dutch veertiende, German vierzehnte.
雙語例句
1. The fourteenth century cathedral was reduced to a mass of rubble.
這座14世紀(jì)的大教堂變成了一堆瓦礫。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Two fourteenth-century manuscripts of this text are still extant.
這個(gè)文本仍有兩份14世紀(jì)手抄本存世。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The Festival, now in its fourteenth year, has become a major international jazz event.