twelve
number /twelv/
/twelv/
- 12
十二 - There are only twelve of these rare animals left.
这些珍稀动物只剩下十二只了。 - twelve of Sweden’s top financial experts
12名瑞典顶级金融专家 - Twenty people were invited but only twelve turned up.
邀请了20个人，但只有12个人来了。 - Can you lend me twelve dollars?
你能借我12美元吗？ - a twelve-month contract
十二个月的合同 - Look at page twelve.
看第十二页。 - Twelve and three is fifteen.
十二加三等于十五。 - Two twelves are twenty-four.
两个十二是二十四。 - I can't read your writing—is this meant to be a twelve?
我看不懂你写的东西——这应该是12吗？ - The bulbs are planted in nines and twelves (= groups of nine or twelve).
球茎分成九瓣和十二瓣种植。 - We moved to America when I was twelve (= twelve years old).
我十二岁时，我们搬到了美国。 - Shall we meet at twelve (= at twelve o'clock), then?
那我们十二点钟见面好吗？
词源Old English twelf(e), from the base of two + a second element (probably expressing the sense ‘left over’); of Germanic origin and related to Dutch twaalf and German zwölf. Compare with eleven. - There are only twelve of these rare animals left.