单词 | twenty |
释义 | twenty /twen"tee, twun"-/, n. , pl. twenties, 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. a 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. 6. amounting to 20 in number. [bef. 900; ME; OE twentig; c. OFris tw(e)intich, OHG zweinzug (G zwanzig), Goth twai tigjus two tens] |
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