numbers

英 [ˈnʌmbəz]

美 [ˈnʌmbərz]

n.  数字; 数; 数量; 编号; 序数; (电话、传真等的)号码
v.  标号; 给…编号; 总计; 共计; 数以…计; 把…算作; (被)归入
number的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 数;数字
  Anumberis a word such as 'two', 'nine', or 'twelve', or a symbol such as 1, 3, or 47. You use numbers to say how many things you are referring to or where something comes in a series.
  1. No, I don't know the room number...
     不，我不知道房间号。
  2. Stan Laurel was born at number 3, Argyll Street...
     斯坦·劳雷尔出生在阿盖尔街3号。
  3. The number 47 bus leaves in 10 minutes.
     47路公共汽车10分钟后开车。
• N-COUNT (同 large 或 small 连用，表示约数)数量，数目
  You usenumberwith words such as 'large' or 'small' to say approximately how many things or people there are.
  1. Quite a considerable number of interviews are going on...
     大量的采访在继续。
  2. I have had an enormous number of letters from single parents...
     我已经收到了大量单亲家长的来信。
  3. Growing numbers of people in the rural areas are too frightened to vote.
     越来越多生活在乡下的人被吓得不敢投票了。
• N-SING 若干/许多
  If there area number ofthings or people, there are several of them. If there areany number ofthings or people, there is a large quantity of them.
  1. I seem to remember that Sam told a number of lies...
     我好像记得萨姆说过不少谎话。
  2. There must be any number of people in my position.
     一定有很多人处在我这种境况。
• N-UNCOUNT (排名)第…号
  You can refer to someone's or something's position in a list of the most successful or most popular of a particular type of thing as, for example,numberone ornumbertwo.
  1. ...the world number one, Tiger Woods...
     世界排名第一的泰格·伍兹
  2. Before you knew it, the single was at Number 90 in the US singles charts...
     转眼之间这张单曲唱片已在美国单曲唱片排行榜上排名第90位了。
  3. Vikram Seth's 'A Suitable Boy' is number two in the best-seller lists.
     维克拉姆·塞思的《如意郎君》在畅销书排行榜中排名第二。
• VERB 总计;计有
  If a group of people or thingsnumbersa particular total, that is how many there are.
  1. They told me that their village numbered 100...
     他们告诉我他们村子有100人。
  2. This time the dead were numbered in hundreds, not dozens.
     这次死亡人数是数以百计，而非几十人。
• N-COUNT 电话号码
  Anumberis the series of numbers that you dial when you are making a telephone call.
  1. Sarah sat down and dialled a number.
     萨拉坐下来拨了一个电话号码。
  2. ...a list of names and telephone numbers...
     姓名和电话号码表
  3. My number is 414-3925...
     我的电话号码是414-3925。
  4. 'You must have a wrong number,' she said. 'There's no one of that name here.'
     “你一定是拨错电话号码了，”她说：“这儿没有这个人。”
• N-COUNT 一段音乐;一首歌曲;一支舞
  You can refer to a short piece of music, a song, or a dance as anumber.
  1. ...'Unforgettable', a number that was written and performed in 1951...
     《难以忘怀》，一首1951年创作并演唱的歌曲
  2. Responsibility for the dance numbers was split between Robert Alton and the young George Balanchine.
     舞蹈节目分别由罗伯特·奥尔顿和年轻的乔治·巴兰钦负责。
• VERB 把…算作;把…归入
  If someone or somethingis numbered amonga particular group, they are believed to belong in that group.
  1. The Leicester Swannington Railway is numbered among Britain's railway pioneers...
     莱斯特—斯旺宁顿铁路被看作是英国最早的铁路之一。
  2. He numbered several Americans among his friends.
     他把几个美国人看成朋友。
• VERB 把…编号;给…标号
  If younumbersomething, you mark it with a number, usually starting at 1.
  1. He cut his paper up into tiny squares, and he numbered each one...
     他把纸剪成了小方块，然后逐一编号。
  2. Each factor has been numbered.
     每个要素都编了号。
• See also:opposite numberprime numberserial number
• PHRASE 寿命不长;时日无多
  If you say that someone's or something'sdays are numbered, you mean that they will not survive or be successful for much longer.
  1. Critics believe his days are numbered because audiences are tired of watching him.
     批评家猜想他走红的时间不会长了，因为观众现在厌倦了他的表演。
• PHRASE …中的一员
  One ofyournumberis a member of your group.
  1. Scientists like the idea that one of their number is close to the seat of power...
     科学家们欢迎他们中的一员接近权力中心的想法。
  2. One of our number has made a very interesting design of flooring, which has won a prize.
     我们中的一名成员设计出了非常有趣的地板图案，还获了奖。
• See also:numbers game
• safety in numbers→ see:safety

英英释义

noun

• an illegal daily lottery
  Synonym:numbers poolnumbers gamenumbers racket

双语例句

• To telephone from the US use the prefix 011 33 before the numbers given here
  如果从美国打电话，就要在所给号码前加拨01133。
• The odd numbers are on the left as you walk up the street
  沿这条街走，在左边的是单号。
• The country's prisons are filled with drug-takers, and cannot cope with the numbers
  这个国家的监狱里挤满了瘾君子，都容纳不下了。
• It can take a couple of hours to dump a thousand telephone numbers into a 128k EPROM pack
  将1,000个电话号码转存到一个128k的EPROM芯片要花好几个小时。
• Police are prepared for large numbers of demonstrators
  警方已经为应对大量示威者做好了准备。
• Their aim is equal numbers of male and female MPs by the year 2000
  他们的目标是2000年前使国会议员中男女人数相等。
• It's really a simple numbers game with negative and positive numbers.
  它其实就是正负数的简单数字游戏。
• We are reproducing ourselves at such a rate that our numbers threaten the ecology of the planet.
  我们的繁衍速度太快，以至于人口数量对地球的生态系统造成了威胁。
• This untutored mathematician had an obsession with numbers
  这位非科班出身的数学家对数字特别痴迷。
• I have those numbers, but not on me at the moment, they're at home.
  我有这些号码，但眼下没带在身上，搁在家里了。