twenty

英 [ˈtwenti]

美 [ˈtwenti]

num.  二十; 二十几; 二十年代

中考高考考研

Collins.5 / BNC.605 / COCA.2086

习惯用语

num.

in your twenties
• 20多岁
  between the ages of 20 and 29

牛津词典

number

• 二十
  20
• 二十几；二十年代
  numbers, years or temperatures from 20 to 29

柯林斯词典

• (数字)20
  Twentyis the number 20.
• N-PLURAL (20 至 29 之间的数字)二十几
  When you talk about thetwenties, you are referring to numbers between 20 and 29. For example, if you areinyourtwenties, you are aged between 20 and 29. If the temperature isin the twenties, the temperature is between 20 and 29 degrees.
  1. They're both in their twenties and both married with children of their own.
     他们俩都二十几岁，都已经结婚生子了。
• N-PLURAL 二十世纪二十年代(1920 至 1929 年间)
  The twentiesis the decade between 1920 and 1929.
  1. It was written in the Twenties, but it still really stands out.
     它写于20世纪20年代，但直到今天仍然备受瞩目。

英英释义

noun

• a United States bill worth 20 dollars
  Synonym:twenty dollar bill
• the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
  Synonym:20XX

adj

• denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units
  Synonym:20xx

双语例句

• Fields's will bequeathed his wife Hattie and son Claude the sum of twenty thousand dollars
  菲尔茨将遗赠给他妻子哈蒂和儿子克劳德共计两万美元。
• Twenty years ago singer-songwriter John Prine released his first album.
  20年前创作型歌手约翰·普林发行了他的第一张专辑。
• In twenty years of marriage he has only taken two proper vacations.
  结婚二十年里，他只像样地度过两次假。
• Twenty games have gone to sudden death — a new cup record
  已经有20场比赛是靠突然死亡法决出的胜负——创下了杯赛的一项新纪录。
• Photographs of the crime scene began to arrive within twenty minutes.
  不到20分钟，犯罪现场的照片就开始传来了。
• She has taught in this university for twenty years.
  她在这所大学教书已有20个春秋。
• They have received at least twenty thousand pounds each but had gone to court to demand more.
  他们每人至少已经得到了两万英镑，但仍然向法庭提出诉讼要求获得更多。
• Owing to the reason known to all the relations between the two people were suspended for over twenty years.
  由于众所周知的原因，两国人民间的关系中断了20多年。
• He had maintained a rigid diet, shedding some twenty pounds.
  他严格地坚持节食，减了差不多20磅。
• Goldsworth stared at me in silence for nearly twenty seconds
  将近20秒的时间，戈兹沃思就那么一声不响地盯着我看。