late 14c., nyntenthe; from nineteen + -th (1); a replacement or modification of nigonteoþa, from Old English nigon-teoða. Nineteenth hole "bar-room in a golf clubhouse" is attested from 1901.
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1. Modern linguistics emerged as a distinct field in the nineteenth century.
现代语言学在19世纪作为一个独立的领域出现。
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2. The interior of the shop still retains a nineteenth-century atmosphere.
这家商店的内部装修仍然保留着19世纪的风格。
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3. The nineteenth century witnessed a revolution in ship design and propulsion.
19世纪船舶设计和船舶动力领域发生了重大的变革。
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4. Such disputes multiplied in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
这类纠纷在18和19世纪大量增多。
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5. Nineteenth-century Britain was a class-conscious society.
