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twelve
释义
- n.
- 十二；十二岁；十二点钟；十二个东西[人]
- num.
- 十二
- 网络
- 第十二；十二匹；序数词
展开详细释义
n.
1.十二个东西[人];十二的记号;十二点钟;十二岁;十二英寸炮
2.十三世纪
nb.
1.(基数)十二;〔用于章、节、行、页等词后〕第十二
词形变化
复数：twelves
常用短语 2 组
- strike twelve
- 获得最大成就；达到最高目标；显出全副本领
- twelve apostles
- 耶稣之十二信徒
在例句中理解 32 句
For the first twelve years, the decline was a somewhat arresting one: a year of melt followed by one of at least partial recovery.
在最初的12年里，减小的幅度还稍稍有点可观：融化的冰川接下来至少有一部分还能再次形成。
Then come the dog's twelve years, and he lies in the corner growling , no longer having teeth with which to bite.
然后是狗的十二年，那时他失去了利齿，咬不动东西，只能躺在墙脚忿忿不平地低吼。
I made up my mind that you were the only woman for me, Scarlett. . . the first day I saw you at Twelve Oaks .
斯佳丽，从那天在十二橡园初次见到你时，我就知道你是我唯一想要的那个女人。
Now there was a little garden next to the bewitched house, and in it there were twelve lilies, the kind that are called "students. "
这座被人使了魔法的屋子有个小花园，里面开着十二朵百合花。
"Madame de Villefort wishes to remind you, sir, " he said, "that eleven o'clock has just struck, and that the trial commences at twelve. "
“维尔福夫人想提醒您一声，先生，”他说，“十一点钟已经敲过了，法院是在十二点钟开庭。”
Canada bans corporal punishment for children under two and over twelve years of age, as well as the use of any objects such as a paddle.
加拿大禁止体罚两岁以下和十二岁以上的孩子，并且禁止使用实物殴打孩子。
The lawyer replied, "I'm right on time. I said I'd be home by a quarter of twelve, not a quarter to twelve" .
律师回答说：“时间没错啊，我说过我会在十二的四分之一点回家，不是十二点差一刻回家。”
Alex Osborn, brainstorming's inventor, recommends an ideal group size of twelve, though this has proven to be a bit unwieldy.
AlexOsborn头脑风暴的发明者，建议头脑风暴的理想人数为12个，尽管这已经被证明有些不实用）。
Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any other kingdom.
六层台阶上有十二个狮子站立，每层有两个，左边一个，右边一个。在列国中没有这样作的。
Twelve countries will Battle it out for the Olympic hockey gold at Atlanta. Pool A has USA and German.
12个国家将在亚特兰大争夺奥运会曲棍球金牌，A组有美国和德国。
I can do things for twelve hours that would appall me if I had to keep them up for a lifetime.
因为我虽然可以持续12小时的做一件事，但我若一辈子这样做下去的话，就会毁了我。
When the Lord chose His twelve disciples, it was "that they should be with Him, and that He might send them forth to preach" (Mark Hi. 14).
耶稣拣选十二个门徒，就是「要他们常和自己同在，也要差他们去传道。」（可三14）；
Twelve million cancer survivors are living proof such a goal is possible.
十二万癌症幸存者都生动地证明这一目标是可能的。
When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
当你上法庭时，你正将你的命运交付于十二人之手，他们可没聪明到明白什么是陪审团的职责。
Because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him.
因他有一个独生女儿，约有十二岁，快要死了。耶稣去的时候，众人拥挤他。
Twelve years of learning leads up to one test score to get into a good college.
学生十二年的苦读，却只是由一次考试成绩来决定他们能不能进入好的大学。
Suspicion around the number 13 has Christian origins as well, reflecting the last supper where Christ dined with his twelve apostles.
有关数字13的说法也起源于基督教，这体现在耶稣与12名门徒共进的最后一顿晚餐。
Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.
有一个女人，患了十二年的血漏来到耶稣背后，摸他的衣裳
When he was twelve, his mother married another man. His step-father treated me strictly and often beat him when his mother was away.
岁时，母亲改嫁，继父对他十分严厉，常在母亲外出时痛打他。
The child grew up without ever meeting her twelve brothers. She had only heard them mentioned, and she longed to see them.
小妹长大了，她只是听说过十二个哥哥的事，但从没跟他们见过面，她非常渴望能见到他们。
The twelve or so teenagers who live at the shelter attend parenting classes four days a week. The class is called Mommy and Me.
住在收容所的12岁到19岁的少女妈妈会参加一周4天的父母课堂.这个课程叫做妈妈和我。
And He sat down and called the twelve and said to them, If anyone wants to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.
耶稣坐下，叫十二个门徒来，对他们说，若有人想要作首先的，他必作众人末后的，作众人的仆役。
It was perhaps ten or twelve feet deep, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom , where there appeared to be a level ledge.
它兴许有十英尺到十二英尺深，上宽下窄，底部似乎有一块平伸出来的岩石。
Old Pew, as had lost his sight, and might have thought shame, spends twelve hundred pound in a year, like a lord in Parliament.
老皮乌，瞎了眼之后，说起来可能惭愧，曾在一年里就花掉了一千二百镑，像个国会里的王公。
He does odd jobs that bring him in ten to twelve pounds a week.
他做零工每月可赚十至十二英镑。
Like many actors, Law, twenty-nine, began his career on the stage, joining the National Youth Music Theater in London at the age of twelve.
和许多演员一样，29岁的裘德·洛的演艺事业发迹于舞台，他十二岁时便加入伦敦国家青年音乐剧团。
The night remained clear, and Huck closed his watch and retired to bed in an empty sugar hogshead about twelve.
那天夜里天色始终是明亮的，哈克就在十二点钟左右结束了他的守望，到了一个空糖桶里睡觉去了。
But one morning a police car stopped outside Mrs. Brown's house at twelve o'clock, and two policemen helped Mr. Brown to get out of the car.
可有一天早上，一辆警车在十二点时停在布朗太太家门口，两位警官帮着布朗先生下了车。
She found it was not such a wonderful thing to be in the chorus, and she also learned that her salary would be twelve dollars a week.
她发现当群舞演员并不是什么很好的事，而且她还知道了她的薪水是每周12块钱。
He received a twelve-month jail sentence.
他获刑12个月。
Come at twelve (= 12 o’clock ) .
12点来。
Their son Dylan is twelve (= 12 years old ) .
他们的儿子迪伦12岁。