| 单词 | twelvemonths |
| 释义 | twelve /twelv/noun
ORIGIN: OE twelf (Ger zwölf and Gothic twa-lif) ie prob two left; see eleven twelveˈfold adjective and adverb twelveˈmo noun (pl twelveˈmos) Duodecimo, written 12mo twelve-hour clock noun A method of reckoning time by two successive periods of twelve hours, beginning again at 1 after 12 noon twelveˈmonth noun A year twelveˈ-penny adjective Shilling twelve score noun Two hundred and forty (yards) twelveˈ-step adjective (chiefly US) Relating to a process of recovery from addiction that involves twelve stages Twelve Tables plural noun The earliest code of Roman law, civil, criminal and religious, made by the decemvirs in 451–449BC twelveˈ-tone or twelveˈ-note adjective Relating to music based on a pattern formed from the twelve notes of the chromatic scale, esp as developed by Arnold Schönberg (1874–1951) and his pupils (twelve-tone row or twelve-note row being the basic pattern of notes; see also series and serial) the Twelve (Bible) The twelve apostles |
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