twelve

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num. 十二, 十二个

发音

UK /twɛlv/
US /twɛlv/
UK /tʰw̥ɛɫv/
US /tʰw̥ɛɫv/
AU /twɜːlv/ [tʰw̥əːɫv/
NZ /twɜːlv/ [tʰw̥əːɫv/
AU /twəlv/ [tʰw̥əɫv/
NZ /twəlv/ [tʰw̥əɫv/
AU /twelv/ [tʰw̥eɫv/
NZ /twelv/ [tʰw̥eɫv/
/tʰw̥əːʊ̯v/
/tʰw̥əʊ̯v/
/tʰw̥eʊ̯v/
US /twɛv/
US /tʰw̥ɛv/

词形变化

twelves 复数 twelves

别名

12 XII twelue twelfe

教材释义与例句

名词

十二；十二个

the number 12

数词

十二；十二个

the number 12

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A group of twelve items.

    Fractions would be a little easier if we counted by twelves.

  2. 2.

    A twelve-bore gun.

  3. 3.

    A jury (normally composed of twelve persons).

    非正式 法律
  4. 4.

    The police; law enforcement, especially a narcotics officer.

    俚语
  5. 5.

    Front (front side of something, position in front of something).

    俚语 政治 军事

    watch your twelve

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:twelve.

num. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.

    十二

    There are twelve months in a year.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

dozen 12

下位词 1

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相关短语

Twelve Days of Christmas twelve o'clock 十二点钟 twelve hundred twelve stepper twelve steppers Twelve Labours of Hercules twelve penny nail twelve penny nails twelve bar blues twelve o'clocks twelve godfathers twelve good men and true Twelve Mile Twelve Mile Creek twelve-stepper

词源

From Middle English twelve, from Old English twelf (“twelve”), from Proto-Germanic *twalif, an old compound of *twa- (“two”) and *-lif (“left over”) (i.e., two left over after having already counted to ten), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, remain”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian tweelf, tweelif, tweelich (“twelve”), West Frisian tolve (“twelve”), Dutch twaalf (“twelve”), German Low German twalf, twalv (“twelve”), German zwölf (“twelve”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian tolv (“twelve”), Icelandic tólf (“twelve”).

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