sexagenary

a. 六十的, 六十到六十九岁的 n. 六十到六十九岁的人

发音

US /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒɛnəɹi/
US /sɛkˈsæd͡ʒəˌnɛɹi/
UK /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒiːnɹi/
UK /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒiːnəɹi/
UK /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒɛnɹi/
UK /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒɛnəɹi/
UK /sɛkˈsæd͡ʒɪnɹi/
UK /sɛkˈsæd͡ʒɪnəɹi/

词形变化

sexagenaries 复数 sexagenaries

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60 numeration.

    古体 天文 数学
  2. 2.

    Synonym of sexagenarian: a sixty-year-old.

    古体
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or related to the number sixty

    Containing sixty years.

    The sexagenary cycle is formed by combining the twelve earthly branches representing the years of Jupiter's orbital cycle and the ten heavenly stems of the Shang-era week, stopping halfway through to reflect the pairing of yin and yang terms.

  2. 2.

    Of or related to the number sixty

    Synonym of sexagenarian: lasting or aged sixty years; sixty-year-old.

    古体
  3. 3.

    Of or related to the number sixty

    Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60.

    古体 天文 数学

词源

From Latin sexāgēnārius (“sixty; sixty years old; a sixty-year-old”) either directly or via French sexagénaire, from Latin sexāgēnus (“60 each”), from sexaginta (“six tens, sixty”). Cognate with sexagenarian.

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