单词 | twelve |
释义 | twelve /twelv/, n. 1. a cardinal number, 10 plus 2. 2. a symbol for this number, as 12 or XII. 3. a set of this many persons or things. 4. the Twelve, the 12 apostles chosen by Christ. adj. 5. amounting to 12 in number. [bef. 900; ME twelve, inflected form of twelf, OE twelfe lit., (ten and) two leave, i.e., two left over; c. OFris twelef, twelf, OHG zwelif, ON tolf, Goth twalif; cf. Lith dvýlika; see TWO, LEAVE1, ELEVEN] |
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