c. 1300, fourtenethe; see fourteen + -th (1). By influence of fourteen, replacing or modifying fourtende, fowrtethe, from Old English feowerteoða, Old Norse *feowertandi "fourteenth." Compare Dutch veertiende, German vierzehnte.
双语例句
1. The fourteenth century cathedral was reduced to a mass of rubble.
这座14世纪的大教堂变成了一堆瓦砾。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Two fourteenth-century manuscripts of this text are still extant.
这个文本仍有两份14世纪手抄本存世。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The Festival, now in its fourteenth year, has become a major international jazz event.
这个艺术节现在进行到第14届，已经成为国际爵士乐的一大盛会。
来自柯林斯例句
4. With the fourteenth century the real history of the European literature begins.
欧洲文学的真正历史开始于14世纪.
来自英汉非文学 - 历史
5. On the fourteenth the U - 2 plane returned from its mission.
