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  • Conjugation : pl  twenties
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

twenty ['twεntɪ]
  1. 1. num 二十
    twenty-one
    二十一
  2. 2. num see also fifty

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

twenty ['twεntɪ] ['twentɪ]
  1. 1. adjective 二十
    Some of the stones weigh twenty-six tons!
    有些石头重达二十六吨!
  2. 2. noun 二十;20;XX
  3. 3. noun [American English] [Spoken] 二十美元钞票

Collins English-English Dictionary

twenty ['twεntɪ]
  1. 1. n the cardinal number that is the product of ten and two; a score - See also number
  2. 2. n a numeral, 20, XX, etc, representing this number
  3. 3. n something representing, represented by, or consisting of 20 units
  4. 4. determiner amounting to twenty
    twenty questions
  5. 5. determiner (as pronoun)
    to order twenty
  6. 6. determiner [Etymology] Old English twentig; related to Old High German zweinzug, German zwanzig

Examples

More than twenty years after it introduced its one-child policy, China is keeping its promise, allowing only-children who marry each other to have a second child.
在宣布独生子女政策后的二十多年以来,中国政府一直履行着承诺,允许由独生子女组成的家庭有第二个孩子。
One of the croupiers, a blonde girl, beckoned him to join the twenty-one table.
那个发牌员是个金发碧眼的女孩,示意他加入到第二十一点的赌局中。
Our boardroom is up on the twenty-third floor.
我们会议室在最高层,二十三层。
I've been ringing your door bell for twenty minutes. Where were you?
我一直在按你的门铃,都按了20分钟了,你去哪儿了?
Twenty-five partly owned subsidiaries of foreigner companies operate in this city.
有25家外企在该市设有合资的子公司。

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