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
- I number several authors among my aquaintance [...] and they invariably become all of a doodah when they read a stinker in the press about their latest effort.
- The new word has received a number of godspeeds, some of which we quote.
- For superstitious reasons, many buildings number their 13th storey as 14, bypassing 13 entirely.
用于句尾
- The properties of hydrocarbons can be correlated with the carbon number.
- 2/1 and 3/2 and 4/3 and 8/7 are all examples of superparticular numbers.
- It's odd there were no twos in the winning lottery numbers.

Definition of number in English Dictionary