sixty
gb/sˈɪksti/ us/sˈɪksti/
A1
영어
~ 3000
의미
의미 0개
numeral
A1
quantity
1
The number sixty
The number that comes after fifty-nine and before sixty-one.
자주 하는 실수：
Learners sometimes confuse 'sixty' with 'sixteen' in listening or pronunciation. The stress pattern is different: SIX-ty vs six-TEEN.
유의어
60 (Numerical symbol for the word 'sixty'.)
반의어
forty (A smaller cardinal number often contrasted with sixty.)
연어
sixty years
|sixty minutes
|sixty percent
|sixty dollars
주제
mathematics
|daily life
|time
|core_vocabulary
|education
예문
- She celebrated her sixtieth birthday last week, turning sixty.
- There are sixty minutes in an hour.
- The stadium holds about sixty thousand people.
- He ran the race in just over sixty seconds.
- The recipe calls for sixty grams of sugar.
학습자용 예문
- I am sixty years old.
- There are sixty minutes in one hour.
- My father is sixty.
- He paid sixty dollars for the shoes.
- The box weighs sixty kilograms.
문법
표현
sixty minutes
1/sˈɪksti mˈɪnɪts/
fixed phrase
One hour of time
A period of one hour.
예문
- The game will last for sixty minutes.
- It takes about sixty minutes to drive there.
sixty seconds
1/sˈɪksti sˈɛkəndz/
fixed phrase
One minute of time
A period of one minute.
예문
- Please wait for sixty seconds before opening the door.
- He finished the puzzle in just under sixty seconds.
the big six-oh
1/ðə bˈɪɡ sˈɪks ˈoʊ/
idiom
informal
Turning sixty years old
An informal way to say someone is turning sixty years old.
예문
- She’s hitting the big six-oh next week.
- He doesn’t want to make a fuss about the big six-oh.