Fifteen

(noun.) the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one.

(adj.) being one more than fourteen .

伊莱录入

• I had fifteen pistoles; so he borrowed occasionally of me to subsist, while he was looking out for business. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• He signaled for fifteen minutes, and received no answer. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• In the English coin, it exchanges for about fifteen ounces, that is, for more silver than it is worth, according to the common estimation of Europe. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• But a disease killed all the vines fifteen years ago, and since that time no wine has been made. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• In many regions, especially in the neighborhood of streams, water can be found ten or fifteen feet below the surface. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• There was a gunsmith in Utica, and he walked there, fifteen miles over the hills, to have his barrel finished. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• There was a kettle on the hob, as there had been night and day for fifteen years. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Boil lightly for fifteen minutes, allow to cool, and then skim off the wax which floats on the surface. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• To be sure, said she, it is better than parting with fifteen hundred pounds at once. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• The fifteen minutes seemed an hour, but they came to an end at last, and the word 'Recess! 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• We pay, or our friends pay, fifteen pounds a year for each. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• In about two minutes he raised his head, and said: Upton, in fifteen years you will be making forty thousand lamps a day. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• When I first had the happiness of looking upon you, it was one fifteen, and had stood at that figure for a lengthened period. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• But allowing the colony security to be perfectly good, ?100, payable fifteen years hence, for example, in a country where interest is at six per cent. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It is fifteen years since we--since I--came last from France. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.

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