喜樂美語

From the word’s history

From Old English twēntiġ, literally 'two tens'.

源自古英文 twēntiġ，字面是「兩個十」。

Wiktionary

At heart it is just the number 20. Every other use is that same '20' attached to something — a decade, an age, a temperature, a — so the count stays the same and only what it counts changes.

核心就只是數字 20。其他所有用法都是把同一個「20」貼到不同東西上——一個年代、一段年紀、一個氣溫、一張鈔票——數字沒變，變的只是它在數什麼。

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twenties

意思相近

20twenty-dollar billa scoretwenty-pound note

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。

Twentyname

  • 1

    A hamlet in Bourne parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1520).

twentynum/ˈtwɛnti/

  • 1

    The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.

twentynoun/ˈtwɛnti/

  • 1

    The numbers twenty (20) to twenty-nine (29).

    • She looks like she's in her early twenties, perhaps 21 or 22 years old?
  • 2

    A banknote with a denomination of 20.

    • The waiter’s face lit up when I gave him a twenty.
    • Of course I can do them just the same as the others—technically there's nothing whatever against it. Only no one ever heard of soft flims for anything like that—only for fives or tens or at the most a twenty.
  • 3

    10-20 (location).

    • What’s your twenty, good buddy?
    • What's your twenty? Where's your brain? Checking in to check you out Concerned about your whereabouts
  • 4

    historicalgovernmentmilitarypoliticsAn old English division of infantry.

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