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
- The number of phagocytozing neutrophils is drastically reduced as well as the phagocytic capacity designated by a significantly lower number of ingested microbes.
- Analysis of non-atretic quiescent (primordial) and growing (primary, preantral, and antral) follicle numbers revealed that immature follicles were gradually lost after chemotherapy.
- Wood, number six, played strong and had little trouble defeating Elisa Morgan, 8-0, using lots of topspin and angle shots.
用于句尾
- It's odd there were no twos in the winning lottery numbers.
- You can ring out if you dial 9 first and wait for the tone before dialling the number.
- How much is that Rolls Royce? We are talking telephone numbers.

Definition of number in English Dictionary