喜樂美語
  1. 1num/twelv/十二

    The number 12, which comes after eleven and before thirteen.

    twelve 就是數字 12，接在 eleven（11）後面、thirteen（13）前面。它可以當數字，也常用來說時間（twelve o'clock = 12 點）和年齡（She is twelve = 她十二歲）。要注意它的序數是不規則的 twelfth（第十二），不是 twelveth——拼法不加 e。

    示範例句 · Example

    There are twelve months in a year.

    中文翻譯一年有十二個月。

    常見搭配

    • twelve o'clock

      十二點

      12 o'clock, noon or midnight

      We meet for lunch at twelve o'clock.

    • twelve years old

      十二歲

      aged 12

      My cousin is twelve years old.

    • twelve months

      十二個月／一年

      a whole year

      There are twelve months in a year.

    意思相近

    a dozen

core核心畫面

From the word’s history

From Old English twelf, an old compound of 'two' + 'left over' (two left after ten).

源自古英文 twelf，字面是「剩下二」：數完十還多兩個。

Wiktionary

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。它是單純的數字詞，英文用它來數東西、講年紀，也用來報時間。

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意思相近

a dozen

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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/

  • 1

    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/

  • 1

    A group of twelve items.

    • Fractions would be a little easier if we counted by twelves.
  • 2

    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.
  • 3

    lawA jury (normally composed of twelve persons).

  • 4

    slangThe police; law enforcement, especially a narcotics officer.

  • 5

    slanggovernmentmilitarypoliticsFront (front side of something, position in front of something).

    • watch your twelve
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:twelve.

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