twelve

number

/twelv/

jump to other results

单词	twelve
释义	twelve number /twelv/ /twelv/ jump to other results 12 There are only twelve of these rare animals left. twelve of Sweden’s top financial experts Twenty people were invited but only twelve turned up. Can you lend me twelve dollars? a twelve-month contract Look at page twelve. Twelve and three is fifteen. Two twelves are twenty-four. I can't read your writing—is this meant to be a twelve? The bulbs are planted in nines and twelves (= groups of nine or twelve). We moved to America when I was twelve (= twelve years old). Shall we meet at twelve (= at twelve o'clock), then? Word OriginOld English twelf(e), from the base of two + a second element (probably expressing the sense ‘left over’); of Germanic origin and related to Dutch twaalf and German zwölf. Compare with eleven.
随便看	referee’s assistant reference reference_1 reference book reference-book reference library reference-library reference point reference-point referendum referral refer to refer-to refill refillable refinance refine the Palace of Westminster the-palace-of-westminster the Palladium the Panama Canal the-panama-canal the Pan Am Building the-pan-am-building the Pan American Games