twelfth

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num. 第十二, 十二分之一

发音

UK /twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ/
US /twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ/
UK /twɛlθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɤθ/
US /twɛlθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɤθ/
UK /twɛlf/ [tʰw̥ɛɫʷf/
US /twɛlf/ [tʰw̥ɛɫʷf/
UK /twɛlftθ/
US /twɛlftθ/

词形变化

twelfths 复数 twelfths

别名

twelfe twelveth 12th twelth twelvth XIIth

教材释义与例句

名词

第十二；月的第十二日

形容词

第十二的，第十二个的；十二分之一的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One of twelve equal parts of a whole.

    A twelfth of 240 is 20.

    Five twelfths of the population voted in support of the proposal.

  2. 2.

    An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth.

    音乐
adj.
  1. 1.

    The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.

    第十二

    The answer appears on the twelfth page of the book.

    She finished twelfth in the race.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

duodecimal

上位词 3

rank common fraction simple fraction
形容词

同义词 1

12th

近义相关 1

ordinal

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English twelfthe, twelfte, from Old English twelfta (“twelfth”), from Proto-Germanic *twaliftô (“twelfth”), equivalent to twelve + -th (ordinal suffix). Cognate with Scots twalt (“twelfth”), Saterland Frisian tweelfte (“twelfth”), West Frisian tolfde (“twelfth”), Dutch twaalfde (“twelfth”), German Low German twalfde, twalvde (“twelfth”), German zwölfte (“twelfth”), Danish tolvte (“twelfth”), Swedish tolfte (“twelfth”), Icelandic tólfta (“twelfth”).

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