numbernoun詞源 1/ˈnʌmbər/

• 1

  Quantity of countable things.

  • Any number of people can be reading from a given repository at a time.
  • There are, in addition to all the red socks, a number that don’t suit me either.
• 2

  An abstract entity used to describe quantity.

  • Zero, one, −1, 2.5, and pi are all numbers.
• 3

  A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.

  • The number 8 is usually made with a single stroke.
  • The former FBI director James Comey has said it did not occur to him that that the numbers 8647 – which he spotted spelled out in seashells on a beach, and posted on social media – could be interpreted as a call to assassinate the president, as many supporters of Donald Trump have claimed.
• 4

  mathematicssciencesAn element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.

  • The equation e#123;i#92;pi#125;#43;1#61;0 includes the most important numbers: 1, 0, #92;pi, i, and e.
• 5

  Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or №). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.

  • Horse number 5 won the race.
• 6

  A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.

  • Her passport number is C01X864TN.
  • You can take the number 8 (bus) all the way to the airport.
• 7

  informalA telephone number.

  • Let's give her a call. Do you have her number handy?
  • I'm definitely interested. Here's my number. Call me back anytime.
• 8

  grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsOf a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.

  • Adjectives and nouns should agree in gender, number, and case.

numberverb詞源 1/ˈnʌmbər/

• 1

  To total or count; to amount to.

  • I don’t know how many books are in the library, but they must number in the thousands.
  • Do they number in the hundreds, do they number in the thousands? Do they number in the tens of thousand?
• 2

  To limit to a certain number; to reckon (as by fate) to be few in number.

  • The old man knew that his days were numbered.
  • THE DAYS OF ENGLAND NOT “NUMBERED.” REPLY TO SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON.
• 3

  archaicliteraryTo count; to determine the quantity of.

  • The king ordered that all his subjects be numbered.
  • Who can number all the stars and who can count the desert sands?
• 4

  To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).

  • Number the baskets so that we can find them easily.
  • “Public Health Service Numbered Publications – A Catalog, 1950-1962” and contains those numbered publications issued during the period 1963-64.
• 5

  To call out and assign a series of numbers (usually to people), either for the sake of dividing into groups or for counting.

  • Shelley numbered off the group into two teams for the baseball game.
  • I counted them and numbered them off, and I found about three hundred and seventy or three hundred and seventy-five.
• 6

  To enumerate or list, especially while assigning numbers to.

  • I numbered them off on my fingers as I stated them. “First, I would redeem a small amount of my investment assets to pay off the cleared lot and come up with a down payment for the ten acres. Second, I would seek to obtain an open[…]
• 7

  To classify or include (in a group of things).

  • Alexander the Great's army numbered an elite cavalry among its ranks.
  • We fools counted their life madness, and their end to be without honour: how are they numbered among the children of God, and their lot is among the Saints!
• 8

  To be classified or included (in a certain group or category of things).

  • Her horses number among the fastest in her country.
  • They number among our best people, particularly when we realise that they are models for what the rest of us might also achieve.

numbernoun詞源 3/ˈnʌmə/

• 1

  Something that numbs.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• numb