thirty-seven
thirty-seven — 形容詞
1. used before a plural noun to say that there are 37 of them in all
三十七的
放在複數名詞前,表示共有三十七個
used before a plural noun to say that there are 37 of them in all
Quan baked thirty-seven cookies for the school fundraiser on Saturday.
Quan 為週六的學校募款活動烤了三十七塊餅乾。
thirty-seven + plural noun (cookies)
The old bridge in Hana's town has thirty-seven stone steps.
Hana 家鄉那座老橋有三十七級石階。
Thirty-seven runners crossed the finish line before the rain started.
三十七名跑者在下雨前就衝過了終點線。
Selim's neighbor is a thirty-seven-year-old nurse who works at the night clinic.
Selim 的鄰居是一位三十七歲的護士,在夜間診所工作。
compound adjective: thirty-seven-year-old + noun
After thirty-seven years at the bakery, Valentina decided to retire.
在麵包店工作三十七年後,Valentina 決定退休。
thirty-seven + years
文法句型
thirty-seven + plural noun
用法筆記
Comes before a plural noun; compare the pronoun sense, which stands alone for things already mentioned.
常見錯誤
thirty-seven — 代名詞
1. used alone to mean 37 people or things that were already mentioned or are clear
其中三十七
單獨使用,指前面提到的三十七個人或物
used alone to mean 37 people or things that were already mentioned or are clear from the situation
Forty guests were invited to Eli's party, but only thirty-seven came.
Eli 的派對邀請了四十位賓客,但只有三十七位到場。
thirty-seven used alone, standing for guests
Mira counted the pencils in the box, and thirty-seven were still sharp.
Mira 清點盒子裡的鉛筆,其中三十七枝仍然很尖。
Of the fifty tickets Amihan printed, thirty-seven were sold by noon.
Amihan 印了五十張票,其中三十七張在中午前就賣完了。
Of the [number] + noun, thirty-seven + plural verb
The farmer lost some sheep in the storm, but thirty-seven survived.
農夫在暴風雨中損失了一些羊,但有三十七隻存活下來。
文法句型
thirty-seven + plural verb
用法筆記
Has no noun after it; the listener must know from the earlier sentence what is being counted.
thirty-seven — 名詞
1. the whole number that comes right after 36 and right before 38, written as the d
數字三十七
三十六後面、三十八前面的那個數
the whole number that comes right after 36 and right before 38, written as the digits 3 and 7
Sivan wrote the number thirty-seven on the whiteboard in big blue letters.
Sivan 用藍色大字把數字三十七寫在白板上。
the number + thirty-seven as object
The caller shouted thirty-seven, and Élise covered that square on her bingo card.
叫號員喊出三十七,Élise 就把賓果卡上那一格蓋了起來。
thirty-seven as a number called out
Faisal chose thirty-seven as his lucky number for the raffle.
Faisal 選了三十七當作抽獎的幸運數字。
If you add thirty to seven, you get thirty-seven.
三十加七就等於三十七。
thirty and seven make thirty-seven
文法句型
the number thirty-seven
用法筆記
Names the number itself, so it is the subject or object of a sentence; for 37 things as a counted group, see sense 2.
2. a collection that has 37 separate items or people in it
三十七個一組
由三十七個人或物組成的一組
a collection that has 37 separate items or people in it
Christopher arranged the tiles in rows of thirty-seven along the hallway.
Christopher 把瓷磚排成一排排,每排三十七片,鋪滿走廊。
rows of + thirty-seven
The thirty-seven who signed the petition met the mayor on Monday.
在請願書上簽名的那三十七人星期一與市長會面。
the thirty-seven who + verb, a group of people
Nkechi divided the 111 chairs into three blocks of thirty-seven.
Nkechi 把一百一十一張椅子分成三區,每區三十七張。
blocks of + thirty-seven
The class lined up in two groups, one of twenty and one of thirty-seven.
全班排成兩組,一組二十人,另一組三十七人。
文法句型
a group of thirty-seven
the thirty-seven who + verb
用法筆記
Treats the 37 items as one unit, unlike sense 1, which is only the number.