number是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 (a sign or symbol representing) a unit that forms part of the system of counting and calculating -- 數字

  • 25, 300, and a billion are all numbers. 25、300和10億都是數字。

  • She's very good with numbers (= good at adding, subtracting, etc.). 她非常擅長數字運算。

  • They live at number 34 Orchard Street. 他們住在果園街34號。

  • Please write your credit card number on this form. 請把你的信用卡號寫在這張表格上。

  • What's our flight number? 我們的航班號碼是多少？

  • I gave him my number. 我把自己的電話號碼給了他。

• 1 an amount or total -- 數目；總數

  • The number of people killed in traffic accidents fell last month. 上個月，死於交通事故的人數有所下降。

  • There has been an increasing number of cases of the disease. 患這種病的人數持續上升。

  • A small number of children are educated at home. 少數孩子在家接受教育。

  • A large number of invitations has been sent. 大量請柬已經發出。

  • Letters of complaint were surprisingly few in number (= there were not many of them). 投訴信出乎意料的少。

  • Small numbers of children are educated at home. 少數孩子在家接受教育。

  • Large numbers of invitations were sent. 大量請柬已經發出。

  • Newspapers are produced in vast numbers. 報紙發行量巨大。

  • I decided not to go, for a number of reasons. 我決定不去，有幾個理由。

  • On the trip, one of our number fell ill. 旅行期間，我們當中有個人病倒了。

• 2 a particular copy of a magazine -- （雜誌的）期，號

  • Do you have last week's number of the New Yorker? 你有上週那期《紐約客》雜誌嗎？

  • He's got all the back numbers (= previous copies) of the magazine. 他保存了這本雜誌過去的所有刊本。

  • She was wearing a stylish Dior number. 她身穿一條時尚的迪奧長裙。

  • He's a real sexy number, don't you think? 他真性感，你不覺得嗎？

  • Sing one of those romantic numbers. 唱一支那種情歌吧。

  • He tried the usual/that old number about how his wife didn't understand him. 他又重施故技，訴說妻子如何不理解他。

• 3 to give something a number in a series and usually to write this number on it -- 給…編號；給…標號碼

  • All the folders have been carefully numbered and filed away. 所有文檔夾都被精心編號存檔。

  • Number the pages from one to ten. 從一到十標上頁碼。

• 4 If people or things number a particular amount, there are this many of them. -- （數量）多達，共計有

  • After the hurricane the homeless numbered over 200,000. 颶風過後，無家可歸者總計超過20萬人。