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

• A police motorcycle chased his car twelve miles, and cornered him near Rome
  一辆摩托警车跟在他的车后追了12英里，最后在快到罗马时将他截住。
• 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。
• We waited till twelve and we finally got on the plane
  我们一直等到12点才终于上了飞机。
• 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。
• 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。
• There are twelve inches in one foot.
  一英尺等于12英寸。
• Normally it has only had eleven or twelve members in all. Now it will have seventeen at the very least.
  通常总共只有十一二个会员。现在将至少有十七个。
• A twelve hour night time curfew is in force.
  正在执行12小时的宵禁。
• Twelve Cubans left the embassy after sheltering there for several days.
  12名古巴人在大使馆藏身了几天后离开了。
• It was to be a closed circle of no more than twelve women
  它本来应该是一个不超过12名女性的封闭的小圈子。