number /ˈnʌmbə/ star5 CET4 TEM4 (numbering,numbered,numbers)

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） 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. 数字; 号码

  例：

  No, I don't know the room number.

  不，我不知道房间号。

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） You use number with words such as "large" or "small" to say approximately how many things or people there are. 数量

  例：

  Quite a considerable number of interviews are going on.

  许许多多的面试正在进行。

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  N-SING（单数型名词） 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. 几个; 许多

  例：

  I seem to remember that Sam told a number of lies.

  我记得好像萨姆撒过一些谎。

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  N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） 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. (排名) 第…号

  例：

  Martin now faces the world number one, Jansher Khan of Pakistan.

  马丁现在面对的是世界头号选手，巴基斯坦的詹舍尔汉。

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  V-T（及物动词） If a group of people or things numbers a particular total, that is how many there are. 总计

  例：

  They told me that their village numbered 100.

  他们告诉我他们村共有100人。

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） A number is the series of numbers that you dial when you are making a telephone call. 电话号码

  例：

  ...a list of names and telephone numbers.

  …一张姓名和电话号码单子。

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） You can refer to a short piece of music, a song, or a dance as a number. 一首 (歌曲、乐曲); 一段 (舞蹈)

  例：

  ..."Unforgettable," a number that was written and performed in 1951.

  …《难以忘怀》，一首在1951年创作并演唱的歌曲。

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  V-T（及物动词） If someone or something is numbered among a particular group, they are believed to belong in that group. 把…列入 [正式]

  例：

  Lech Walesa and Nelson Mandela are numbered among my personal heroes.

  莱奇·维尔萨和纳尔逊·曼德拉被列入了我心目中的英雄。

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  V-T（及物动词） If you number something, you mark it with a number, usually starting at 1. 把…编号

  例：

  He cut his paper up into tiny squares, and he numbered each one.

  他把纸裁成小方块并给每个方块编号。

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  （） → see also serial number