twelve是什么意思

短语搭配

(1)twelve alibi witnesss十二个不在场的证人；十二个辩解证人

双语例句

(1)OK. I'll meet you at twelve o'clock.

好的。我12点钟来见你。

(2)That day he walked only twelve miles.

这一天他只走了十二英里。

(3)Because of the bad weather, the voyage was put back twelve hours.

由于天气恶劣而推迟了十二小时启航。

(4)The cafeteria opens for lunch at twelve o'clock.

餐厅十二点开门供应午餐

(5)There are twelve signs in both the western and Chinese zodiac.

西方的星座和中国的生肖都有12个。

(6)It was a quarter to twelve when I left the party.

我离开派对的时候是11点45分。

(7)A: I haven't lost a game of chess in twelve years. You won't win. B: Oh? We'll see about that.

A： 我十二年都没输过一场棋。你赢不了我的。B: 是吗？ 我们走着瞧。

(8)There is! Just spray this in your nose once every twelve hours, and it should help with your symptoms.

有的。只要每12小时往鼻子里喷一次应该就能帮你缓解症状。

(9)He retired twelve batters in a row.

他一连使十二个击球手出局。

(10)It's ten past twelve.

现在十二点十分。

(11)There were twelve of us in all for dinner.

我们一共十二人吃饭。

(12)She often puts in twelve hours' work a day.

她时常每天工作十二个小时。

(13)Twelve hours later she was all smiles again.

十二小时之后，她又喜笑颜开了。

同义词

n. 十二；十二个

adj. 十二的；十二个的

同根词

词根 twelve

(1)twelfth adj. 第十二的，第十二个的；十二分之一的n. 第十二；月的第十二日

释义

cardinal number

equivalent to the product of three and four; two more than ten; 12

十二；十二个

he walked twelve miles

他走了１２英里

there are just twelve of us in all

我们总共只有１２人

a twelve-string guitar 12

弦吉他。(Roman numeral: xii or XII. 罗马数字:xii或XII。)

a group or unit of twelve people or things

十二个人（或物）一组。

twelve years old

十二岁

a small blonde girl of about twelve.

一个约１２岁的金发小女孩。

twelve o'clock

十二点钟

it's half past twelve.

十二点半。

a size of garment or other merchandise denoted by twelve

（衣服等商品的）十二号。

(the Twelve)the twelve Apostles

十二门徒。

(12)Brit. (of a film) classified as suitable for people of 12 years and over

〈英〉 适于十二岁及以上人观看的电影。

词源

"Old English twelf（e）, from the base of TWO ＋ a second element （probably expressing the sense ‘left over’）; of Germanic origin and related to Dutch twaalf and German zwölf. Compare with ELEVEN."

考纲分布

近6年出现37次

重要程度: 5星

100%; num 十二; 十二岁; 十二点

考纲释义

( 1)num. 十二; 十二岁; 十二点

真题例句：

My life was perfect when I was twelve years old.

我十二岁的时候，我的生活很完美。[2020年 青岛市卷 词语运用]

What did Ma want to do when he was twelve years old?

马十二岁的时候想做什么？[2019年 衡阳市卷 阅读理解]

As many as one in twelve 12-year-olds have taken drugs.

多达12分之一的12岁青少年吸毒。[2018年 贵阳市卷 阅读理解]

必考派生词

twelfth num. 第十二；十二分之一；十二度音程；十二度和音；十二度音；八月十二日；七月十二日

用法讲解

twelve作名词，为数词，表示数字“12”。注意其序数词，“第十二”为twelfth。

考纲分布

近12年出现10次

重要程度: 4星

100%; num 十二

考纲释义

( 1)num. 十二

真题例句：

Zafirakou began the project at Alperton Community School, her place of work for the past twelve years.

Zafirakou在Alperton社区学校启动了这个项目，在过去的12年里，她一直在那里工作。[2021年 新高考II卷 阅读理解]

When I was twelve, I made a list of things I wanted to do some day.

当我十二岁的时候，我把有朝一日想做的事情列了一个清单。[2021年 新高考Ⅰ卷 听力]

I count twelve shades of green from where I stand.

我从我所处的位置数出了十二种绿色。[2019年 全国卷1 完形填空]

必考派生词

twelfth num. 第十二；十二分之一；十二度音程；十二度和音；十二度音；八月十二日；七月十二日

(1)Twelve possible worlds, twelve Ranger launches carrying the bravest humans ever to live led by the remarkable Dr. Mann.

十二个可能的世界，十二架漫游者飞船，载着最勇敢的人，由了不起的Mann博士带队。《Interstellar》《星际穿越》

(2)Look, the tail points at twelve.

尾巴指向12点方向。《The Hunger Games: Catching Fire》《饥饿游戏2：星火燎原》

(3)And if you didn't visit them for twelve clicks, they would disappear forever.

如果你连续12次没有点击它们，它们就会永远消失。《Predictably Irrational》《怪诞行为学》

(4)This is the ship that made the Kessel Run in 14 parsecs? Twelve! Fourteen.

这就是那艘只用十四秒差距完成科舍尔航程的飞船？十二秒！什么十四秒。《Star Wars: The Force Awakens》《星球大战7：原力觉醒》

(5)Okay, hey, that's okay with me. Two down and I have exactly twelve minutes.

我无所谓，已经搞定两个了，我还有整整12分钟。《Friends Season 3》《老友记 第三季》

(6)Oh, Dr. Siebert, twelve o'clock. Why's the president of the university slumming in the cafeteria?

12点方向，希伯特博士。为啥大学校长要来食堂里视察呢？《The Big Bang Theory Season 4》《生活大爆炸 第四季》

(7)Time. Yes, of course. I'll be at your door in twelve hours.

时间。当然。12小时内到你那边。《Lucy》《超体》

(8)Eleven, twelve, thirteen ,fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty.

十一，十二，十三，十四，十五，十六，十七，十八，十九，二十！《Peppa Pig Season 3》《小猪佩奇 第三季》

(9)So twelve to one lightning. Then one to two is blood, then fog and then monkeys.

12点到1点是闪电，1点到2点是血雨，然后是毒雾，再就是变种猴。《The Hunger Games: Catching Fire》《饥饿游戏2：星火燎原》

(10)No. No. I don't mean I see her as a twelve-year-old girl.

不，我不是把她当成12岁的小女孩。《Friends Season 6》《老友记 第六季》

(11)Well, it's my word against yours. 200 bucks a day, fluff, 365 days a year, since I was twelve.

空口无凭。小家伙，从我12岁起，每年365天，每天200块。《Zootopia》《疯狂动物城》

(12)Did you at least win the contest? Two minutes, twelve pies and a part of one tin.

那你赢了没有？两分钟吃了12个外加一罐！《Friends Season 10》《老友记 第十季》

(13)With a population of over twelve million people, the French capital is at the heart of the Ile-de-France region.

拥有超过一千两百万人口，是法国的首都，位在法兰西岛的心脏地带。《10 Cities Vacation Travel Guide》《10大名城旅游攻略》

(14)They've put potentially habitable worlds right within our reach. Twelve, in fact, from our initial probes.

他们将宜居的世界，放在了我们触手可及的地方，十二个，这是我们初步探查的结果。《Interstellar》《星际穿越》

(15)Khadijah had attended twelve schools in twelve years, living out of garbage bags amongst pimps, prostitutes and drug dealers, homeless, going into department stores Wal-Mart in the morning to bathe herself, so that she wouldn't smelling in front of her classmates.

赫蒂彻在12年中读过12所学校，和皮条客、妓女与毒贩生活在一起，居无定所。每当大清早时，她会去沃尔玛商场洗漱，以免让同学闻到自己身上的臭味。《Oprah Winfrey Speech at Harvard》《奥普拉演讲》

(16)And it wasn't until you were twelve that you realized all the voices were in everyone else's head.

你到12岁了，这还未消停，然而你发现那些声音统统都是别人的脑里的想法。《X-Men: Days of Future Past》《X战警：逆转未来》

(17)And we understand that most Americans believe in the clear path to citizenship for the twelve million undocumented immigrants to reside in this country.

我们深知，大多数美国人坚信，能够给予居住在这个国家的1200万非法移民，明确的公民身份。《Oprah Winfrey Speech at Harvard》《奥普拉演讲》

(18)I am loving this country theme. This reminds me of when I worked for Newscenter Twelve in Tulsa, except no one here's bitter and drunk.

我超爱这个乡村主题！让我想起当初给塔尔萨市的十二新闻台工作的日子，除了这里没有刻薄的醉汉。《Modern Family Season 8》《摩登家庭 第八季》

(19)What's the absolute soonest you can deploy? Twelve hours, Mr. President. But that would involve an extremely high degree…

那调派最快需要多久？12小时，总统先生。但这涉及极高的……《House of Cards Season 3》《纸牌屋 第三季》

(20)The last one is at Fort Meade, behind three guarded gates and a twelve-inch steel wall. Shouldn't be a problem.

最后一个在米德堡，有三道大门把守，还有堵12英寸厚的钢墙。这不算事儿。《Captain America: The Winter Soldier》《美国队长2》