ten
/ten/ (bre, ipa) · /ten/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈten/ (ame, mw)
ten — number
1. the number that comes after nine and before eleven, used when counting, measurin
the number that comes after nine and before eleven, used when counting, measuring, or naming a quantity.
Kian counted to ten in French before starting the game.
count to ten: counting sequence
The novel costs ten dollars at the local bookstore.
Jiwoo woke up at ten o'clock on Saturday morning.
My grandmother has lived in that village for nearly ten years.
Takeshi added ten and seven, then wrote down seventeen.
常見錯誤
ten — noun
1. a version of rugby union in which each team has ten players on the field at once
a version of rugby union in which each team has ten players on the field at once, making the game faster and more open than the standard fifteen-a-side format.
The club plays ten every summer to attract new members.
play + ten: uncountable sports format
Ritu prefers ten to full rugby because the matches are shorter.
This weekend's ten tournament has teams from three countries.
The coach said ten demands faster passing than standard rugby.
- ten-a-side
the more explicit alternative name for this rugby format
文法句型
ten [verb]
play ten
用法筆記
This sense is almost exclusively used in British and Commonwealth rugby contexts. In everyday conversation, 'ten' without a qualifier refers to the cardinal number; the rugby meaning is clear only when the topic is sports.