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/twelv/
The number 12, which comes after eleven and before thirteen.
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One way to picture twelve: the number that sits one step after eleven and one step before thirteen — the full round of a clock face, a dozen eggs in the box. It is a plain counting word, and English uses it for quantity, for age, and for the hour.
可以想成 twelve 就是十一再往前一步、十三再退一步的那個位置——時鐘走完一圈的那個數字，一盒蛋剛好一打。它是單…更多收起
可以想成 twelve 就是十一再往前一步、十三再退一步的那個位置——時鐘走完一圈的那個數字，一盒蛋剛好一打。它是單純的數字詞，英文用它來數東西、講年紀，也用來報時間。原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
twelvenum/twɛlv/
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The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.
- There are twelve months in a year.
- Hopper points out that duodecads have been prominent in every ancient civilization and cites as examples twelve spokes in the wheel of the Hindu Rta, the twelve gates of hell where Egyptian Ra must spend the twelve hours of night, the twelve tribes of Israel, the twelve labors of Hercules, [...]
twelvenoun/twɛlv/
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A group of twelve items.
- Fractions would be a little easier if we counted by twelves.
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A twelve-bore gun.
- In this way Von Esslin ‘inherited’ two fine hammerless twelves which he used once or twice for duck on the Camargue.
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lawA jury (normally composed of twelve persons).
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slangThe police; law enforcement, especially a narcotics officer.
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slanggovernmentmilitarypoliticsFront (front side of something, position in front of something).
- watch your twelve
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:twelve.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。