| 单词 | number 42 |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnumber 42 a. Prefixed to a numeral, as number six, number 42, etc., for the purpose of designating things or persons by the place assigned to them in an arithmetical series. Also as adj. Frequently as postmodifier. Cf. No. n.2, Numb. n.1 ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [noun] > a series or succession > a place in a series > number assigning number1691 numero1799 round two1937 the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > numerical arrangement > [noun] > set > sequence > series > designating place in > symbol number1691 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 1186 Of Signes in the nombre ellevene Aquarius hath take his place.] 1691 R. Ames Farther Search after Claret 3 Has any one been here to ask Number Four? 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 162 Sometimes the best Madder is worth eight or nine Pounds a hundred, and the Number O six Pound Ten Shillings. 1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 15 Sept. (1948) I. 19 I forgot to mark my two former letters; but I remember this is Number 3. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxv. 266 I should just like to ask you,..vether you don't con-sider yourself as nice and vell-behaved a young gen'lm'n as ever used..the number four collection? 1867 F. E. Trollope Mabel's Progress III. 5 It is hard to say..why this especial house should have been Number Nine at all, seeing there were to be but six houses in the row. 1895 W. Carleton Rhymes of our Planet 9 Genevieve, how oft it comes to me—That rather young old reading-class, in District Number Three! 1938 S. Beckett Murphy v. 95 A staple recreation..had been to wait at Walham Green for a nice number eleven [bus] and take it through the evening rush to Liverpool Street and back. 1977 World of Cricket Monthly June 50/2 The beefy Bruce Groves was one of the surprise successes of the season, batting at number three. 1988 Artist's &Illustrator's Feb. 20/1 All my painting is done with number 3 or 4 sable brushes. < as lemmas |
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