c. 1300, from seven + -th (1); earlier sevende, seveth, from Old English seofunda (Anglian, Northumbrian), seofota (West Saxon), from Proto-Germanic *sebundon (cognates: Old Norse sjaundi, Old Saxon sivondo, Old High German sibunto, German siebente, siebte). The music note sense is from 1590s.
雙語例句
1. I was the seventh child in a family of 11.
我在家里的11個孩子中排行老七。
來自柯林斯例句
2. After I was given my first camera I was in seventh heaven.
我得到我的第一臺照相機后開心極了。
來自柯林斯例句
3. A million people died, a seventh of the population.
共有100萬人喪生,占總?cè)丝诘钠叻种弧?/dd>
來自柯林斯例句
4. The play is open to all seventh and eighth graders.
所有七、八年級的學生均可觀看此劇。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
5. He's pulled up from the seventh to the second place.