Word · Frequency #2877
fourteen
在十三之后和十五之前的基数。
核心释义
- 1.
在十三之后和十五之前的基数。
The cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen.
十四；十四个
用法In use
My little sister is fourteen years old and just started high school.
用法提示：这里的 fourteen 是数词，表示年龄十四岁。
There are fourteen students in our English class this term.
用法提示：fourteen 作数词修饰 students，表示数量十四个。
The bus ride takes about fourteen minutes from my house to the library.
用法提示：fourteen 在这里作数词，修饰 minutes，表示时长十四分钟。
fourteen + noun (plural)
fourteen后接可数名词复数。
There are fourteen students in the class.
班上有十四个学生。
be fourteen (years old)
表示年龄时，years old可省略。
She is fourteen this year.
她今年十四岁了。
常见错误Common mistakes
易错句子I have forty books.正确表达I have fourteen books.
“Fourteen”意为“十四”，而“forty”意为“四十”。中文中“十四”和“四十”发音相近，但英语中这两个词意思不同，需注意区分。
易错句子He is the fourteen student in the race.正确表达He is the fourteenth student in the race.
“Fourteen”是基数词，表示数量；表示顺序（第十四个）时应使用序数词“fourteenth”。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- fourteen years old
- 十四岁
- My daughter is fourteen years old.我女儿十四岁。
- fourteen days
- 十四天
- The package will arrive in fourteen days.包裹将在十四天后到达。
- fourteen people
- 十四个人
- There were fourteen people at the meeting.会议上有十四个人。
- fourteen dollars
- 十四美元
- The book cost fourteen dollars.这本书花了十四美元。
- fourteen times
- 十四次
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
fourteen 由 four (四) 和 teen (类似 ten 十) 组成，记忆为四加十等于十四。
语境与语域Context & Register
中性，常用于日常计数、年龄、时间等几乎所有场合
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All words share the spelling chunk -teen and end with the same sound /tiːn/, but the stressed vowel differs (e.g., 'fourteen' has /ɒ/, 'thirteen' has /ɜː/), so they do not necessarily rhyme.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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