umpteen

a. 无数的

发音

UK /ˈʌmp.tiːn/
其它

释义与例句

det.
  1. 1.

    Relatively large but unspecified in number.

    非正式

    She's taking umpteen friends with her to the party.

词源

From ump (“a colloquial name for the dash "—" in Morse code”) + -teen. Unrelated to ump as in umpire, and simply a mnemonic rhyming aid.

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