twenty

twenty
(pl. -ies)
  1. the number equivalent to the product of two and ten; ten less than thirty; 20(Roman numeral: xx or XX.)
    二十;二十个(罗马数字:xx或XX.)
    twenty or thirty years ago.
    20或30年前。
    twenty of us stood and waited.
    我们20个人站在那儿等着。
    a twenty-foot aerial.
    一根20英尺长的天线。
    ■(twenties)the numbers from twenty to twenty-nine, especially the years of a century or of a person's life
    二十几;二十年代;二十几岁
    he's in his late twenties.
    他二十好几了。
    ■twenty years old
    二十岁
    he's about twenty.
    他大约20岁。
    ■twenty miles an hour
    时速二十英里
    ■a size of garment or other merchandise denoted by twenty
    (衣服等商品的)二十号
派生
twentieth
ordinal number
twentyfold
( & )
adjective& adverb
语源
  1. Old English twentig, from the base of two + -ty
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