twelve

英 [twelv]

美 [twelv]

num.  十二

中考高考考研

Collins.5 / BNC.1447 / COCA.3218

牛津词典

number

• 十二
  12

柯林斯词典

• (数字)12
  Twelveis the number 12.

英英释义

noun

• the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
  Synonym:12XIIdozen

adj

• denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units
  Synonym:12xiidozen

双语例句

• The year is divided into twelve months.
  一年分为12个月。
• She displayed her wound to the twelve gentlemen of the jury
  她给陪审团的12位男士看了她的伤口。
• Disagreements among the twelve EC countries prevented them from taking any concerted action
  欧共体12个成员国之间的意见不合导致他们无法采取统一的行动。
• Her own twelve pictures sold fairly well, mostly to friends and family
  她自己的12幅画卖得相当好，多半卖给了朋友和家人。
• The clock in the church struck twelve, and soon after people began to stream out.
  教堂的钟敲响了十二点，不久人们便开始鱼贯而出。
• The building will house twelve boys and eight girls
  这座房子里会住12个男孩和8个女孩。
• Twelve thousand workers will go onto a four-day week at their factory in Birmingham.
  伯明翰工厂的12,000名工人将采取每周4天工作制。
• He had a tea-break about twelve.
  十二点左右，他放下工作休息了一下。
• We were set upon by about twelve youths and I was kicked unconscious.
  我们遭到了大约12名青年的袭击，我被踢晕过去了。
• The sentence of the court was twelve years 'hard labour, to be served in a British prison.
  法庭判其在一所英国监狱里服12年苦役。