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 -- 数字

  • 25, 300, and a billion are all numbers. 25、300和10亿都是数字。

  • She's very good with numbers (= good at adding, subtracting, etc.). 她非常擅长数字运算。

  • They live at number 34 Orchard Street. 他们住在果园街34号。

  • Please write your credit card number on this form. 请把你的信用卡号写在这张表格上。

  • What's our flight number? 我们的航班号是多少？

  • I gave him my number. 我把自己的电话号码给了他。

• 1 an amount or total -- 数目；总数

  • The number of people killed in traffic accidents fell last month. 上个月，死于交通事故的人数有所下降。

  • There has been an increasing number of cases of the disease. 患这种病的人数持续上升。

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

  • A large number of invitations has been sent. 大量请柬已经发出。

  • Letters of complaint were surprisingly few in number (= there were not many of them). 投诉信出乎意料地少。

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

  • Large numbers of invitations were sent. 大量请柬已经发出。

  • Newspapers are produced in vast numbers. 报纸发行量巨大。

  • I decided not to go, for a number of reasons. 我决定不去，有几个理由。

  • On the trip, one of our number fell ill. 旅行期间，我们当中有个人病倒了。

• 2 a particular copy of a magazine -- （杂志的）期，号

  • Do you have last week's number of the New Yorker? 你有上周的那期《纽约客》杂志吗？

  • He's got all the back numbers (= previous copies) of the magazine. 他保存了这本杂志过去的所有刊本。

  • She was wearing a stylish Dior number. 她身穿一条时尚的迪奥长裙。

  • He's a real sexy number, don't you think? 他真性感，你不觉得吗？

  • Sing one of those romantic numbers. 唱一支那种情歌吧。

  • He tried the usual/that old number about how his wife didn't understand him. 他又故技重施，诉说妻子如何不理解他。

• 3 to give something a number in a series and usually to write this number on it -- 给…编号；给…标号码

  • All the folders have been carefully numbered and filed away. 所有文件夹都被精心编号归档。

  • Number the pages from one to ten. 从1到10标上页码。

• 4 If people or things number a particular amount, there are this many of them. -- （数量）多达，共计有

  • After the hurricane the homeless numbered over 200,000. 飓风过后，无家可归者总计超过20万人。