sixty
Word family nounsixtiessixtyadjectivesixtieth
six·ty /ˈsɪksti/ ●●● W3 number 2 the sixties [plural] (also the '60s, the 1960s)TMC the years from 1960 to 1969 (二十世纪)六十年代 The book was written in the sixties. 这本书写于 60年代。
the early/late sixties the student riots in Paris in the late sixties 60年代末巴黎的学生骚乱
3 be in your sixties OLD/NOT NEWto be aged between 60 and 69 69 在六十到六十九岁之间,是六十多岁early/mid/late sixties I’d say she was in her late sixties. 我估计她快70岁了。
4 in the sixties if the temperature is in the sixties, it is between 60 degrees and 69 degrees 〔温度〕六十多度in the low/mid/high sixties a fine spring day, with the temperatures in the low sixties 气温略高于60度的一个晴朗春日
—sixtieth adjectiveadj , pronoun her sixtieth birthday 她的60岁生日
Origin sixty Old English sixtig, from six “six”