early 13c., from sixteen + -th (1); replacing sixtethe, sixteothe, forms based on Old English syxteoða. Cf Old Frisian sextinda, Middle Dutch sestiende, German sechzehnte, Old Norse sextandi. Musical sixteenth note is from 1861.
双语例句
1. Contemporary photographs are juxtaposed with a sixteenth century, copper Portuguese mirror.
几幅当代照片和一面16世纪的葡萄牙铜镜并排摆在一起。
来自柯林斯例句
2. the site of a sixteenth century abbey
一座十六世纪的修道院的旧址
来自《权威词典》
3. We're studying dramatic texts by sixteenth century playwrights.
