late Old English seofontyne; see seven + -teen. Replacing Old English form seofon-teoða. Compare German siebzehn, a contraction of Middle High German siben-zehen.
实用例句
1. At seventeen, Daniele was told to leave home by her father.
达妮埃尔17岁时，父亲让她离开了家。
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2. The collection has been built up over the last seventeen years.
在过去的17年中，收藏的规模不断扩大。
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3. City's principal marksman was Joe Harvey who scored seventeen goals.
市队的头号射手是打进17粒进球的乔·哈维。
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4. Seventeen thousand Indians live in Arizona on a reservation.
1.7万印第安人生活在亚利桑那州的保留地。
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5. The role is played by seventeen-year-old Briton Jane March.
