twenty-one

英 [ˈtwenti wʌn]

美 [ˈtwenti wʌn]

n.  二十一，二十一个所成之一组

高考

英英释义

noun

• a gambling game using cards
  Synonym:blackjackvingt-et-un
• the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one
  Synonym:21XXI

adj

• being one more than twenty
  Synonym:21xxi

双语例句

• But Michael was twenty-one years of age and nothing could be done against his own willfulness.
  但是迈克尔已经二十一岁了，没有什么可以让他逆着他自己的意愿行事。
• We wanted this to be a twenty shilling coin but now in the market it's trading at twenty-one.
  我们希望它是一个值二十先令的硬币，但现在它在市场上以二十一个先令的价值来交换。
• Twenty-one years have passed since the First International Population Conference was held in Bucharest in 1974.
  自1974年在布加勒斯特首次召开国际人口会议至今，已经历了21个春秋。
• Winterton has never had a sniff of a government job in his entire twenty-one years in parliament.
  在国会的整整21年里，温特顿没有得到过任何在政府里工作的机会。
• I was twenty-two — no, twenty-one.
  我当时22岁，哎呀不对，是21岁。
• Then they implemented a rule that the guinea is worth twenty-one shillings.
  于是政府就执行了一个新令，规定一个几尼值二十一个先令的价值。
• At the same time he noticed that although it was nearly twenty-one hours the shop was still open.
  他同时注意到，虽然时间已经快到二十一点了，这家铺子还开着门。
• He said he was twenty-one years old and the employment agency took him on faith.
  他说他21岁，职业介绍所毫不怀疑就相信了他。
• Yang Liwei spent about twenty-one hours in space.
  杨利伟在宇宙中度过了大约二十一个小时。
• Twenty-one years have passed since then.
  尔来二十有一年矣。