mid-13c., egtetente, modified, by influence of eighteen, from Old English eahtateoea; from eight + teoea "tenth" (see -ty (1)). Cognate with German achtzehnte, Danish attende, Swedish adertonde.
雙語例句
1. The eighteenth-century Admiralty had few coercive powers over its officers.
18世紀的英國海軍部對其軍官沒有什么強制力。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Their lives interconnect with those of celebrated figures of the late eighteenth-century.
他們的生活與18世紀晚期的名人聯系在一起。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Such disputes multiplied in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.