10th

10th — 名詞

1. the person or thing that comes after the ninth and before the eleventh in a numb

1.名詞A1
釋義

第十

序列中的第十個

the person or thing that comes after the ninth and before the eleventh in a numbered order — for example, the runner who finishes 10th in a race, or the 10th item on a list.

例句

Yuki finished 10th in the city marathon, beating her personal best by four minutes.

Yuki 在該市馬拉松中獲得第10名，比個人最佳成績快了四分鐘。

ordinal in competition context

The doctor's office is on the 10th floor of the Riverside Medical Tower.

診所在河畔醫療大樓的10樓。

10th floor of a building

反義詞
  • 1st

    first in the same series

用法筆記

Common in dates: 'the 10th of March' or 'March 10th'. In formal writing, 'tenth' is preferred over '10th' for numbers below 100.

常見錯誤

❌She was the 10th who arrived.
✅She was the 10th person to arrive.
💡As a noun referring to a person, 'the 10th' is usually followed by a noun or a relative clause.

2. one of ten equal parts of a whole; the fraction 1/10 — for example, a tenth of a

2.名詞A2
釋義

十分之一

十等分中的一份

one of ten equal parts of a whole; the fraction 1/10 — for example, a tenth of a cake, or a tenth of the population.

例句

Mei ate only a tenth of the cake because she was saving room.

Mei 只吃了蛋糕的十分之一，因為她要留肚子吃冰淇淋。

fraction: a tenth of [something]

About a tenth of the village homes were damaged in the flood last spring.

去年春天村裡約有十分之一的房屋在洪水中受損。

同義詞
  • tithe

    archaic term for a tenth, used historically for church tax

用法筆記

Can be written as 'one tenth', 'a tenth', or '1/10'. In measurements, the symbol ⅒ is sometimes used. Decimal notation: 0.1.

常見錯誤

❌We need ten part of the money.
✅We need a tenth of the money.
💡Use 'a tenth of' not 'ten part of'.

3. in music theory, the interval spanning one octave plus a third (10 diatonic scal

3.名詞C1
釋義

十度音程

一個八度加三度的音程

in music theory, the interval spanning one octave plus a third (10 diatonic scale degrees), or the individual tone that forms this interval with the root note.

例句

The piano teacher asked Olu to stretch and play a 10th for the final chord.

鋼琴老師請 Olu 伸展左手彈奏十度音程，以奏出樂曲結尾的和弦。

play a 10th (on piano)

In the jazz piece, the trumpets and saxophones play a 10th apart.

在爵士編曲中，小號與薩克斯風相隔十度演奏。

用法筆記

Primarily used in formal music theory or by advanced instrumentalists. A 10th can be major (16 semitones) or minor (15 semitones). On the piano, wide intervals like the 10th are often rolled or arpeggiated by players with smaller hands.