twenty
twenty — 數詞
1. the written symbol or spoken name for the number that comes after nineteen and b
二十
數字 20
the written symbol or spoken name for the number that comes after nineteen and before twenty-one; the numeral 20.
Asher counted from one to twenty to check all the children were on the bus.
Asher 從一數到二十，確認所有孩子都上了巴士。
counting sequence: one to twenty
The number twenty bus arrives at the station every ten minutes.
二十號巴士每隔十分鐘就到站。
identifier use: bus number / room number
Amelia scored twenty out of twenty on her spelling test.
Amelia 在拼寫測驗中得了二十分，滿分二十分。
collocation: twenty out of twenty
Sari wrote the number twenty at the top of her maths homework sheet.
Sari 在她數學作業紙的頂端寫下數字 20。
collocation: at the top of [page/sheet]
- score
an older word for twenty, mainly used in historical or literary contexts
twenty — 名詞
1. a quantity or group equal to 20 items, people, or units; the number 20 considere
二十個
二十的數量或單位
a quantity or group equal to 20 items, people, or units; the number 20 considered as a countable thing.
Femi bought a box of twenty pencils for the class art project.
Femi 為班上的美術課買了一盒二十枝鉛筆。
collocation: a box of twenty
Hana packed a box of twenty apples into this small bag.
Hana 把一盒二十顆蘋果裝進這個小袋子裡。
collocation: a box of twenty
There are twenty students from our class going to the park for a picnic.
我們班上有二十位學生要去公園野餐。
collocation: twenty of [group]
Tariq counted twenty birds sitting on the wire.
Tariq 數到有二十隻鳥停在電線上。
- twenty of something
- a set of twenty
- groups of twenty
- score
archaic term for 20, now rare outside set phrases like 'four score'
文法句型
a twenty
twenty of [noun]
用法筆記
Can be used with 'a' as a countable noun ('a twenty') when referring to the number as a single value or unit.
2. the set of numbers from 20 to 29, used for a person's age (ages 20 to 29) or for
二十幾；年代
二十到二十九歲或年代
the set of numbers from 20 to 29, used for a person's age (ages 20 to 29) or for the years 20 to 29 in a century, especially the 1920s.
Romi is in her twenties and just started her first job.
Romi 二十幾歲，才剛開始她的第一份工作。
collocation: in one's twenties
In the nineteen-twenties, women wore shorter dresses and hats decorated with feathers.
一九二〇年代，女性穿著較短的洋裝和裝飾羽毛的帽子。
collocation: the twenties (decade reference)
Ezra spent his early twenties traveling around Asia.
Ezra 二十歲出頭的時候在亞洲到處旅行。
collocation: early twenties
In her late twenties, Nora decided to go back to university to study medicine.
Nora 在二十幾歲後期決定回大學攻讀醫學。
collocation: in one's late twenties
- in one's twenties
- early twenties
- late twenties
- the roaring twenties
文法句型
in one's twenties
the twenties
用法筆記
Always plural. Used with a possessive determiner for age ('in my twenties') or with 'the' for decades ('the twenties'). 'Early twenties', 'mid-twenties', and 'late twenties' specify ranges within the decade.
常見錯誤
3. a piece of US paper money worth twenty dollars; a $20 banknote.
二十元紙鈔
面額二十美元鈔票
a piece of US paper money worth twenty dollars; a $20 banknote.
Tanvi handed the shopkeeper a twenty and waited for change.
Tanvi 遞給店員一張二十元鈔票，等著找錢。
collocation: a twenty (meaning a 20-dollar bill)
The vending machine at the station takes fives, tens, and twenties.
這台機器收五元、十元和二十元的鈔票。
Jisoo found a crumpled twenty in her winter coat pocket.
Jisoo 在她冬天外套的口袋裡找到一張皺巴巴的二十元鈔票。
Ritu used a twenty to pay for her lunch at the cafe.
Ritu 用一張二十元鈔票付了她的午餐錢。
- a twenty
- pay with a twenty
- two twenties
- a twenty-dollar bill
- twenty-dollar bill
the full, formal term
文法句型
a twenty
pay with a twenty
用法筆記
Used informally in American English as a shortened way to say 'twenty-dollar bill'. The denomination features a portrait of Andrew Jackson.
常見錯誤
同根字
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- twenty-dollar bill
- twenty-year-old
- twenty-something
- twenty-one
- twenty-twenty vision
常用片語
- the roaring twenties
- twenty-four seven
- twenty-twenty
介系詞搭配
- in one's twenties
- by the twenties