sixty
Word family nounsixtiessixtyadjectivesixtieth
six·ty /ˈsɪksti/ ●●● W3 number2 the sixties [plural] (also the '60s, the 1960s)TMC the years from 1960 to 1969 (二十世紀)六十年代The book was written in the sixties. 這本書寫於 60年代。
the early/late sixtiesthe student riots in Paris in the late sixties 60年代末巴黎的學生騷亂
3 be in your sixties OLD/NOT NEWto be aged between 60 and 69 69 在六十到六十九歲之間,是六十多歲early/mid/late sixtiesI’d say she was in her late sixties. 我估計她快70歲了。
4 in the sixties if the temperature is in the sixties, it is between 60 degrees and 69 degrees 〔溫度〕六十多度in the low/mid/high sixtiesa fine spring day, with the temperatures in the low sixties 氣溫略高於60度的一個晴朗春日
—sixtieth adjectiveadj , pronounher sixtieth birthday 她的60歲生日
Origin sixty Old English sixtig, from six “six”