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twenty

英 ['twentɪ] 美['twɛnti]

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n. 二十；二十年代
num. 二十
adj. 二十的

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复数: twenties;

中文词源

twenty 二十

来自 two,二，-ty,十，词源同 ten.

英英释意

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one

2. a United States bill worth 20 dollars

英文词源

twenty: twenty: [OE] Twenty is etymologically ‘two tens’. The second syllable, -ty, is related to ten, and twen- goes back to the same source as two, although its precise ancestry is not clear.
=> ten, two
twenty (n.): Old English twentig "group of twenty," from twegen "two" (see two) + -tig "group of ten" (see -ty (1)). Cognate with Old Saxon twentig , Old Frisian twintich, Dutch twintig, Old High German zweinzug, German zwanzig. Gothic twai tigjus is even more transparent: literally "two tens."

The card game twenty-one (1790) is from French vingt-et-un (1781). Twenty-twenty hindsight is first recorded 1962, a figurative use of the Snellen fraction for normal visual acuity, expressed in feet. The guessing game of twenty questions is recorded from 1786.

考试真题

In fact, I’d like to relive a period I’ve already lived: the 1960s—I was in my twenties, and everything was being renewed.

Our train doesn't leave for another twenty minutes.

The woman's watch is twenty minutes fast

Twenty pounds an hour, and the instructor says I'll need about30 to 40 lessons in total.

Of course these practical, insightful designers have determined the course of late twentieth-century fashion.

Today, my guest is Dana Ivanovich, who has worked for the last twenty years as an interpreter.

Twenty years later, it was purposefully dropped to make way for Negro.

Picture a typical MBA lecture theatre twenty years ago.

For example, the Swedish jeans company Nudie Jeans offers free repair at twenty of their shops.

In one experiment, they showed pictures of various objects to twenty volunteers and asked them to find just one of those, a banana.

Palau has only been an independent nation for twenty years and has a strong history of environmental protection.

Remember how you feel when you are speeding down the highway and a big truck suddenly brakes twenty meters in front of you.

Twenty years ago, the Urban Land Institute defined the two types of cities that dominated the US landscape: smaller cities that operated around standard 9-5 business hours and large metropolitan areas that ran all 24 hours of the day.

As a result, in the last twenty years or so, many people have come to believe that whatever change is happening today is the result of great technological progress, going against which will be like trying to turn the clock back.

He lost sale of twenty papers because he would not tell a lie, but got a well-paid job because he told the truth.

Our own experience working together on health, development, and energy the last twenty years has been one of the most rewarding parts of our lives.

Recently, we bought a twenty-eight-foot travel trailer complete with a bathroom and a built-in TV set.

She will be here in about twenty minutes.

The little boy had been running up and down the street, but there were still twenty papers left.

Twenty-five years ago, there were hardly any education programs for environment.

When my son gene was about 12 years old, I started helping him learn to work, I bought twenty chickens and asked him to take care of them.

The development of the Elizabethan drama for the next twenty-five years is of exceptional interest to students of literary history, for in this brief period we may trace the beginning, growth, blossoming, and decay of many kinds of plays, and of many great careers.

By the time Shakespeare was twenty-five, Lyly, Peele, and Greene had made comedies that were at once popular and literary; Kyd had written a tragedy that crowded the pit; and Marlowe had brought poetry and genius to triumph on the common stage - where they had played no part since the death of Euripides.

The State, War, and Navy Building, as it was originally known, housed the three Executive Branch Departments most intimately associated with formulating and conducting the nation's foreign policy in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth century-the period when the United States emerged as an international power.

实用场景例句

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。

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。

Rotary Foundation alumnus , Hahn led a Group Study Exchange team to Turkey in 2000.: 同为前受奖人的一员,Hahn曾在2000年时率领团体研究交换团前往土耳其.

The surgeons have been working for twenty hous without letup.: 那些外科医师一连工作了二十小时没有停止.

The foreman here is in charge of twenty workmen.: 这儿的领班负责20个工人.

The house is mortgaged to the bank for twenty thousand dollars.: 这房子以两万美元押给银行.

He's not married yet, he's only twenty.: 他才20岁,还没有成家.

You're nearly twenty, yet you keep saying silly things like that.: 你已经快20岁了, 还老是说出那样傻乎乎的话来.

The train has twenty cars , the baggage and mail ones excluded.: 这列火车, 刨去行李车和邮车,有20节车箱.

The tractors, light and heavy, numbered twenty in all.: 大小拖拉机计20台.

His plans are admirable ambitious: he wants to master French, German and Spanish before he is twenty.: 他的计划雄心勃勃,令人钦佩: 他想在20岁以前掌握法语、德语和西班牙语.

It takes me twenty minutes to walk from my home to the school.: 从我家走到学校得20分钟.

We catered for forty but only twenty came.: 我们准备了40客饭菜,但只来了20个人.

Snowfall averages out in this part of the country at twenty inches a year.: 我国这个地区每年的平均降雪量为20英寸.

The search proved difficult, for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening.: 搜捕工作证明是很困难的, 因为人们看到的这只美洲狮常常是早上在一个地方,而晚上又在二十英里之外的另一个地方.

There were twenty people at the ( very ) outside .: 充其量不过20个人.

The factory fell into disuse twenty years ago.: 这个工厂二十年前就废弃了。

There were two stragglers twenty yards back.: 两名掉队者落后了20码。

Brian counted to twenty and lifted his binoculars. Elena did the same.: 布赖恩数到20，举起了双筒望远镜。埃琳娜也照着做了。

The agent spied for East Germany for more than twenty years.: 该特工人员为东德做了20多年的间谍。

Company car drivers will pay between ten and twenty five percent, less tax.: 公司的司机要支付10%到25%，从中扣除税款。

She was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment for poisoning and attempted murder.: 她因投毒和谋杀未遂被判20年监禁。

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