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數;數字
A number is 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.
例句
No, I don't know the room number...
不，我不知道房間號。
Stan Laurel was born at number 3, Argyll Street...
斯坦·勞雷爾出生在阿蓋爾街3號。
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(同 large 或 small 連用，表示約數)數量，數目
You use number with words such as 'large' or 'small' to say approximately how many things or people there are.
例句
Quite a considerable number of interviews are going on...
大量的采訪在繼續。
I have had an enormous number of letters from single parents...
我已經收到了大量單親家長的來信。
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N-SING
若干/許多
If there are a number of things or people, there are several of them. If there are any number of things or people, there is a large quantity of them.
例句
I seem to remember that Sam told a number of lies...
我好像記得薩姆說過不少謊話。
There must be any number of people in my position.
一定有很多人處在我這種境況。
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N-UNCOUNT
(排名)第…號
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, number one or number two.
例句
...the world number one, Tiger Woods...
世界排名第一的泰格·伍茲
Before you knew it, the single was at Number 90 in the US singles charts...
轉眼之間這張單曲唱片已在美國單曲唱片排行榜上排名第90位了。
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VERB
總計;計有
If a group of people or things numbers a particular total, that is how many there are.
例句
They told me that their village numbered 100...
他們告訴我他們村子有100人。
This time the dead were numbered in hundreds, not dozens.
這次死亡人數是數以百計，而非幾十人。
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電話號碼
A number is the series of numbers that you dial when you are making a telephone call.
例句
Sarah sat down and dialled a number.
薩拉坐下來撥了一個電話號碼。
...a list of names and telephone numbers...
姓名和電話號碼表
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一段音樂;一首歌曲;一支舞
You can refer to a short piece of music, a song, or a dance as a number .
例句
...'Unforgettable', a number that was written and performed in 1951...
《難以忘懷》，一首1951年創作并演唱的歌曲
Responsibility for the dance numbers was split between Robert Alton and the young George Balanchine.
舞蹈節目分別由羅伯特·奧爾頓和年輕的喬治·巴蘭欽負責。
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VERB
把…算作;把…歸入
If someone or something is numbered among a particular group, they are believed to belong in that group.
例句
The Leicester Swannington Railway is numbered among Britain's railway pioneers...
萊斯特—斯旺寧頓鐵路被看作是英國最早的鐵路之一。
He numbered several Americans among his friends.
他把幾個美國人看成朋友。
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VERB
把…編號;給…標號
If you number something, you mark it with a number, usually starting at 1.
例句
He cut his paper up into tiny squares, and he numbered each one...
他把紙剪成了小方塊，然后逐一編號。
Each factor has been numbered.
每個要素都編了號。
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PHRASE
壽命不長;時日無多
If you say that someone's or something's days are numbered, you mean that they will not survive or be successful for much longer.
例句
Critics believe his days are numbered because audiences are tired of watching him.
批評家猜想他走紅的時間不會長了，因為觀眾現在厭倦了他的表演。
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PHRASE
…中的一員
One of your number is a member of your group.
例句
Scientists like the idea that one of their number is close to the seat of power...
科學家們歡迎他們中的一員接近權力中心的想法。
One of our number has made a very interesting design of flooring, which has won a prize.
我們中的一名成員設計出了非常有趣的地板圖案，還獲了獎。
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PHRASE
(非法的)彩票賭博，博彩
If you refer to the numbers game ,the numbers racket, or the numbers, you are referring to an illegal lottery or illegal betting.