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umpteenth

/uhmp-teenth/US // ˈʌmpˈtinθ //

第十三,第十三次,第十二次,第十七次

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : of an indefinitely large number in succession: He was the umpteenth person to arrive.

Examples

  • Then I went home and watched the movie for the umpteenth time, and I had that giddy “I just stood there!”

  • Whether I’m scrambling up loose rocks or crouching down to tie my son’s shoes for the umpteenth time, this jacket works with me, not against me.

  • It would have been worse than Lucy yanking away that blasted football for the umpteenth time.

  • In the end, Jezebel took a stand against Vogue for the umpteenth time and spent $10,000 in the process.

  • While watching The Ten Commandments on TV with their children for the umpteenth time, Burnett and Downey had an epiphany.

  • The news is the umpteenth "‎breakthrough" in HIV in the 32 years of the epidemic.

  • The entire vaccine debate has been stirred up for the umpteenth time this week by our national influenza epidemic.

  • I have been reading "Pepys' Diary" for what Mrs. Darling would call the "umpteenth" time.

  • But I was being whisked up the elevator to the umpteenth floor before he had the chance.

  • For the umpteenth time, as Mr. Ellerton would say, that man doesn't care two-pence about me, Golden.

  • Or maybe I did when for the umpteenth time I suggested she should marry me.