number 中文

名词 (Noun)PLnumbers

NC An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
1. Zero, one, -1, 2.5, and pi are all numbers. ‎

(Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or №). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.

From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. [ …]   But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.

(now rare, in the plural) Poetic metres; verses, rhymes.

NC INF A person.

VT To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
1. Number the baskets so that we can find them easily.

VI To total or count; to amount to.

I don’t know how many books are in the library, but they must number in the thousands.

形容词 (Adjective)

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用于句中
- Months after they printed the article, the number of angry letters finally started to taper off.
- Northern Rock had already cracked by the time RBS bought ABN Amro, pointed out one MP. McKillop protested that "15 workstreams" at RBS were saying the numbers on the deal still made sense
- The Number of the Beast Is 666 (13:16-18) John's vision concludes with the notorious reference to the "mark of the beast" and the number 666.
用于句尾
- It's odd there were no twos in the winning lottery numbers.
- The properties of hydrocarbons can be correlated with the carbon number.
- You can ring out if you dial 9 first and wait for the tone before dialling the number.

Meaning of number for the defined word.