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twelve

/twelv/US // twɛlv //UK // (twɛlv) //

十二个,十二,十二位

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a cardinal number, 10 plus 2.
    • : a symbol for this number, as 12 or XII.
    • : a set of this many persons or things.
    • : the Twelve, the 12 apostles chosen by Christ.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : amounting to 12 in number.

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Examples

  • Grindr currently has twelve ‘tribes,’ and for some people this just is not enough.

  • When twelve people are killed by violence, whoever they are, for whatever reason, that is a tragedy and a waste.

  • Twelve-year-old dance prodigy Maddie Ziegler has suffered the wrath of Dance Moms tyrant Abby Lee Miller.

  • When it was announced that Jourdan Dunn would be the first black model to cover British Vogue in twelve years it made me sad.

  • I arrive at twelve-twenty-five and the secretaries are in a tizzy.

  • It was close upon twelve o'clock, and the "Rooms" had been open to the public for two hours.

  • At twelve, or fifteen, or sixteen, or twenty it was decided that they should stop learning.

  • In the next chapter he gives his twelve disciples authority over demons.

  • With twelve hundred foes around us, we had plenty to occupy all our thoughts and attention.

  • We had been twelve hours in the saddle, and had ridden over nearly a hundred miles of ground.