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| 1 | C a sign or word that represents an amount or quantity . 1, 2, 3 etc and ‘one’ , ‘two’ , ‘three’ etc are numbers 数；数字 |
| Can you read the numbers on the chart? 你能看清图表上的数字吗？ |
| large numbers like 250,000 像 250000这样的大数字 |
| | 1a | a number that can be exactly divided by 2, such as 2, 4, 6, 8 etc 偶数（如2，4，6，8等） | |
| | 1b | a number that cannot be exactly divided by 2, such as 1, 3, 5, 7 etc 奇数（如1,3, 5, 7等） | |
| | 1c | a number that ends in 0, such as 40, 450, or 4000 整数（为10的倍数，如40, 450或4000） | | in round numbers I don’ t need an exact figure. Just tell me what it will cost in round numbers. 我不需要一个确切的数字。只要告诉我凑个整数要多少钱。 | |
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| 2 | C used for showing the position of something in a series 第…号 |
| As a tennis player, she rated number one (=the best) in the country. 她曾是国内排名第一的网球运动员。 |
| The local trains will be arriving on track number 4. 市郊列车将会开到第4号轨道。 |
| Her flat number is 16C. 她的公寓门牌号是16C。 |
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| 3 | C a telephone number 电话号码 |
| Call this number to get a taxi. 打这个电话号码叫出租车。 |
| wrong number I must have dialled the wrong number. 我肯定是拨错了电话号码。 |
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| 4 | C a number that marks something in a way that separates it from everything else of its type , so that you can easily find it or discover who it belongs to 号码；编号；序号 |
| Your account number is printed on every cheque. 你的账号印在每张支票上。 |
| In order to get a job, you have to have a Social Security number. 为了找工作，你必须要有一个社会保险号码。 |
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| 5 | C/U a quantity of people or things 数量；数目；数额 |
| +of a small number of shops 为数很少的商店 |
| increasing numbers of drivers 不断增长的驾驶员人数 |
| This brings the total number of children to 12. 这使孩子们的总数上升到12人。 |
| | 5a | used for giving a general idea of how many people or things you are referring to 若干人；一些某事物 | | A number of students (=more than a few, but not many) have part-time jobs. 一些学生有兼职工作。 | | We’ ve met on a number of occasions. 我们见过几次面。 | | Quite a number of paintings (=many paintings) have been sold. 相当多的画作已被售出。 | |
| | 5b | a large quantity of people or things 很多人；好多某事物 | | She’ s written any number of good stories. 她已经写了许多很好的故事。 | | There could be any number of reasons why he’ s not at home. 他不在家可能有很多原因。 | |
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| 6 | C a song or piece of music , especially one that is part of a longer performance （尤指作为节目一部分的）一支歌，一段音乐 |
| show-stopping numbers from Broadway musicals 来自百老汇音乐剧中最受欢迎的曲目 |
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| 7 | C informal someone or something that is unusual or attractive 引人注目的人；有吸引力的事物 |
| She was wearing a little black number (=dress or outfit) . 她身穿一款漂亮的黑色小套装。 |
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| 8 | C BRITISH a copy of a magazine or newspaper （杂志或报纸的）一期 |
| a recent number of a football magazine 最近一期的足球杂志 |
| back numbers (=old copies) of the Guardian 旧的《卫报》 |
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| 9 | U linguistics the form of a word that shows whether you are referring to one thing or more than one thing 数 |
| If the subject is plural, the verb has to be in the plural number. 如果主语是复数，动词必须是复数形式。 |
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| - | by the numbers mainly AMERICAN
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| in a way that is exactly according to the rules |
| 按部就班；机械地；死板地 |
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| In the army, you learn to do things by the numbers. 在军队里，你要学着一切按规矩行事。 |
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| - | do a number on informal
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| to deliberately do something that has a negative effect on someone or something |
| 伤害；给…造成负面影响 |
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| The reviewers really did a number on that film. 这些评论家确实给那部影片造成了负面影响。 |
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| - | have (got) sb’ s number informal
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| to understand someone or realize the true purpose of their actions |
| 看清某人的真面目；看清某人的动机 |
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| I’ ve got your number – don’ t think you can fool me. 我已经看透你了，别以为你能骗得了我。 |
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| - | one/some of sb’ s number formal
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| one or several of the people in a particular group |
| 一群人中的一员/一些人 |
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| Some of our number have had doubts about this. 我们中的一些人对此心存疑虑。 |
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| - | sb’ s number is up informal
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| used for saying that someone is going to die |
| 某人气数已尽；某人死到临头 |
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| When the brakes failed, I thought my number was up. 当刹车失灵的时候，我以为死到临头了。 |
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| - | without/beyond number literary
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| too many to be counted |
| 数不清；数不胜数；不计其数 |
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| Filling the sky, there were birds beyond number. 天空中有数不清的鸟。 |
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