Word · Frequency #3783
seventeen
十七
- 1.
The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.
十七
十七个
In use
There are seventeen apples in the basket.
My sister will be seventeen next month.
The journey takes about seventeen hours by train.
seventeen + noun
表示数量，后接可数名词复数。
There are seventeen students in the class.
班上有十七名学生。
be + seventeen
表示年龄。
She is seventeen years old.
她十七岁。
seventeen of + determiner + noun
表示整体中的一部分。
Seventeen of the apples are rotten.
这些苹果中有十七个坏了。
Common mistakes
I seventeen years old.I am seventeen years old.
中文表达年龄时可以直接用数字，但英语必须使用系动词'am'来连接主语和年龄。
I live on seventeen floor.I live on the seventeenth floor.
表达楼层编号应使用序数词'seventeenth'，并加定冠词'the'，基数词'seventeen'表示数量而非顺序。
I have seventeen money.I have seventeen dollars.
基数词不能直接修饰不可数名词'money'，需要加上可数名词单位（如'dollars'）表示具体货币单位。
Connections
Collocations
- seventeen years old
- 十七岁
- She is seventeen years old.她十七岁。
- seventeen people
- 十七个人
- There were seventeen people at the party.派对上有十七个人。
- seventeen dollars
- 十七美元
- The book costs seventeen dollars.这本书十七美元。
- seventeen times
- 十七次
- He called me seventeen times yesterday.他昨天给我打了十七次电话。
- seventeen hours
- 十七个小时
- The flight takes seventeen hours.飞行需要十七个小时。
- seventeen days
- 十七天
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象七个苹果加上十个橙子，总共十七个水果，加深对数字组成的记忆。
Context & Register
通常用于计数或表示年龄，比较中性，无特定语体差异。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All -teen numbers rhyme with seventeen. Note that words like 'seven' end in '-en' and sound different.
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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