twenty

名词 n. 数词 num.
中文释义
英 /ˈtwɛnti/    美 /ˈtwɛnti/|/ˈtwɛni/|/ˈtwenti/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The numbers twenty (20) to twenty-nine (29). in-plural
    — She looks like she's in her early twenties, perhaps 21 or 22 years old?
  2. A banknote with a denomination of 20. colloquial
    — The waiter’s face lit up when I gave him a twenty.
  3. 10-20 (location).
    — What’s your twenty, good buddy?
  4. An old English division of infantry. UK,historical
数词 num.
  1. The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.

词形变化

20 alternative XX alternative twenties plural 20 alternative XX alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English twenty, twenti, from Old English twēntiġ (“twenty”, literally “two tens”), from Proto-Germanic *twaintigiwiz, *twai tigiwiz, an old compound of *twain- (“two”) + *-tigaz (“group of ten”), equivalent to two + -ty, or twain + -ty. Cognate with Scots twenty, tuenty (“twenty”), West Frisian tweintich (“twenty”), Dutch twintig (“twenty”), German zwanzig (“twenty”), Danish tyve.
词源 2
From Middle English twenty, twenti, from Old English twēntiġ (“twenty”, literally “two tens”), from Proto-Germanic *twaintigiwiz, *twai tigiwiz, an old compound of *twain- (“two”) + *-tigaz (“group of ten”), equivalent to two + -ty, or twain + -ty. Cognate with Scots twenty, tuenty (“twenty”), West Frisian tweintich (“twenty”), Dutch twintig (“twenty”), German zwanzig (“twenty”), Danish tyve.
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