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单词 twenty
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
twen•ty /ˈtwɛnti, ˈtwʌn-/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -ties, adj. 
n. [countable]
  1. a cardinal number, 10 times 2.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 20 or XX.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.
  4. Informal Termsa twenty-dollar bill.
  5. twenties, the numbers from 20 through 29, as in referring to the years of a lifetime or of a century or to degrees of temperature:the roaring twenties;He's in his late twenties;temperature in the low twenties.

adj. [before a noun]
  1. amounting to 20 in number.
twen•ti•eth, adj., n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
twen•ty  (twentē, twun-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties, adj. 
n. 
  1. a cardinal number, 10 times 2.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 20 or XX.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.
  4. Informal Termsa twenty-dollar bill:Can you give me two tens for a twenty?
  5. twenties, the numbers, years, degrees, or the like, from 20 through 29, as in referring to numbered streets, indicating the years of a lifetime or of a century, or referring to degrees of temperature:He lives in the West Twenties. She's in her early twenties. The temperature must be in the high twenties today.

adj. 
  1. amounting to 20 in number.
  • bef. 900; Middle English; Old English twēntig; cognate with Old Frisian tw(e)intich, Old High German zweinzug (German zwanzig), Gothic twai tigjus two tens

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
twenty /ˈtwɛntɪ/ n ( pl -ties)
  1. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and two; a score
  2. a numeral, 20, XX, etc, representing this number
  3. something representing, represented by, or consisting of 20 units
determiner
  1. amounting to twenty: twenty questions
  2. (as pronoun): to order twenty
Etymology: Old English twēntig; related to Old High German zweinzug, German zwanzig
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