thousands
[θˈaʊzəndz] /ˈthau̇-zᵊn(d) How to pronounce thousand (audio)/ (ame, mw)
thousands — 名詞
1. The number that is equal to ten times one hundred; a value or quantity made up o
一千；千位
數字1,000；千的數目
The number that is equal to ten times one hundred; a value or quantity made up of 1,000 units.
Hyun stacked the cash into bundles of thousands before taking it to the bank.
Hyun 把現金捆成一疊一疊的千元鈔票，然後帶去銀行存起來。
count noun: bundles of thousands
The ancient army split its soldiers into units of hundreds and thousands for battle.
古代軍隊把士兵分成百人隊和千人隊，以便作戰。
Noor practiced counting in thousands by reading numbers on a place-value chart at school.
Noor 在學校利用位值圖練習以千為單位來數數。
Workers packed the apples into crates of hundreds and then thousands for the long journey.
工人把蘋果裝進一箱箱的百顆裝，然後再組成千顆裝，準備長途運送。
用法筆記
When a specific number comes directly before it, use the singular form 'thousand' instead (e.g., 'five thousand people', not 'five thousands people').
常見錯誤
2. An extremely large but unspecified number of people or things, meaning anywhere
數千；大量
極大的數量，非精確數字
An extremely large but unspecified number of people or things, meaning anywhere from a few thousand to many tens of thousands.
Thousands of fans lined the streets to welcome the team home from the championship.
數千名粉絲擠在街道兩旁，迎接球隊帶著冠軍榮耀返鄉。
pattern: thousands of + plural noun
Hassan sent out thousands of job applications before a single company called him back.
Hassan 寄出了數千封求職信，才終於有一家公司打電話約他面試。
Every spring, thousands of tourists visit the ancient temples in the mountains of Nepal.
每年春天，數以千計的觀光客造訪尼泊爾山區的古寺廟。
When the earthquake hit the coastal town, thousands of families lost their homes and needed shelter.
地震襲擊沿海城鎮後，數千個家庭失去了家園，急需避難所。
Nora has collected thousands of stamps from different countries over the past twenty years.
Nora 過去二十年來收集了數千張來自不同國家的郵票。
- handful
a very small number of people or things
文法句型
thousands of + plural countable noun
用法筆記
Always takes the plural form 'thousands' followed by 'of', and the verb that follows is also plural (e.g., 'Thousands of people are waiting').