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twelfth

/twelfth/US // twɛlfθ //UK // (twɛlfθ) //

第十二次,第十二期,第十二,第十二个

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : next after the eleventh; being the ordinal number for 12.
    • : being one of 12 equal parts.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a twelfth part, especially of one.
    • : the twelfth member of a series.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Black family wealth remains between one-ninth and one-twelfth the level of white family wealth, a shocking disparity.

  • He also has a best supporting actor nomination for his mincing, lovestruck Olivia in Twelfth Night.

  • There was much better drag this season—like Mark Rylance [in Twelfth Night].

  • The Armory Show, located at Twelfth Avenue and 55th Street, will be on display until March 9th and is open from 12pm—7pm daily.

  • Editor's note: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated Mark Rylance's role in Twelfth Night.

  • Search with a one-twelfth-inch objective, using very subdued light.

  • On the twelfth of the said month it was washed, and a grain of gold weighing scarcely one real obtained.

  • This statute was continued and altered in subsequent reigns, and not repealed until the twelfth year of Queen Anne.

  • A common custom is to "set" every tenth or twelfth hill with two plants.

  • Bigyns, Beguines; these were members of certain lay sisterhoods in the Low Countries, from the twelfth century onwards.