sixth

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復數:?sixths;

sixth 第六

six,六，-th,表序數。

sixth (adj.): 1520s, replacing Middle English sixte (c. 1200), from Old English syxte, from siex (see six). Compare Old Frisian sexta, Middle Dutch seste, Old High German sehsto, German sechste, Gothic saihsta. With ending conformed to -th (1). Related: Sixthly. The noun meaning "a sixth part" is from 1550s. As a music tone, from 1590s. Sixth sense "supernatural perception of objects" is attested from 1712; earlier it meant "titillation, the sense that apprehends sexual pleasure" (1690s, from Scaliger).
Then said Peter, That is false; for there is a sixth Sense, that of Prescience : for the other five Senses are capable only of Knowledg ; but the Sixth of Foreknowledg ; which Sense the Prophets had. [William Whitson, "Primitive Christianity Reviv'd," vol. V, London, 1712]

1. I had one year in the sixth form to retake my GCSEs.: 我讀中學六年級的時候有一年的時間可以重新參加普通中等教育證書考試。

2. The very idea of a sixth form college was novel in 1962.: 第六學級學院在1962年還是新提法。

3. In Tokyo share prices have plummeted for the sixth successive day.: 東京股價已連續第6天猛跌。

4. The manufacturing economy contracted in October for the sixth consecutive month.: 10月，制造業經濟已經連續第6個月出現萎縮狀況。

5. Ovarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer contracted by women.: 卵巢癌是女性常患的第六大癌癥。