15c. metathesis of triteente (mid-14c.; see thirteen + -th (1)), which replaced forms from Old English treoteoea (West Saxon), triteogeea (Anglian). Similar formation in Old Norse trettande, Danish trettende, Swedish trettonde, Old Frisian threttinde, Dutch dertiende, Old High German dritto-zehanto, German dreizehnte.
雙語例句
1. Marco Polo is said to have sailed on the Pacific on his way to Java in the thirteenth century.
據(jù)說，13世紀(jì)時(shí)，馬可·波羅在去爪哇島的途中在太平洋上航行過。
來自柯林斯例句
2. It was still producing very considerable results in the thirteenth century.
它在13世紀(jì)仍然產(chǎn)生非常重要的后果.
來自英漢非文學(xué) - 歷史
3. The thirteenth-century cloisters are amongst the most beautiful in central Italy.
這些13世紀(jì)的回廊是意大利中部最美的建筑。
來自辭典例句
4. For example, they don't like to live on the thirteenth floor.
例如, 他們不喜歡住在第十三層樓.
來自英語晨讀30分（初三）
5. Wholly depressed, he started for Thirteenth Street.