late Old English seofontyne; see seven + -teen. Replacing Old English form seofon-teoea. Compare German siebzehn, a contraction of Middle High German siben-zehen.
雙語例句
1. At seventeen, Daniele was told to leave home by her father.
達(dá)妮埃爾17歲時，父親讓她離開了家。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The collection has been built up over the last seventeen years.
在過去的17年中，收藏的規(guī)模不斷擴大。
來自柯林斯例句
3. City's principal marksman was Joe Harvey who scored seventeen goals.
市隊的頭號射手是打進(jìn)17粒進(jìn)球的喬·哈維。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Seventeen thousand Indians live in Arizona on a reservation.
1.7萬印第安人生活在亞利桑那州的保留地。
來自柯林斯例句
5. The role is played by seventeen-year-old Briton Jane March.