twenty
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++twen·ty /ˈtwenti/ ●●● S2 W2 number, noun 1 HMNthe number 20 二十 a small village twenty miles from Nairobi 距内罗毕20英里的一个小村庄 I’m nearly twenty (=20 years old). 我快20岁了。2 the twenties [plural] (also the 20s, the 1920s) the years from 1920 to 1929 （二十世纪）二十年代 In the twenties the business expanded. 20年代时，业务扩展了。the early/mid/late twenties The photograph was taken in the late twenties. 照片是在20年代晚期照的。3 be in your twenties to be aged between 20 and 29 29在二十到二十九岁之间，是二十多岁early/mid/late twenties She was in her early twenties when I met her. 我遇到她时，她20岁出头。4 in the twenties if the temperature is in the twenties, it is between 20 degrees and 29 degrees 〔温度〕二十多度in the low/mid/high twenties a warm day, with temperatures in the low twenties 温暖的一天，气温20度多一点5 [countable] a piece of paper money that is worth £20 or $20 二十英镑钞票；二十美元钞票 I offered the driver a twenty. 我给了司机一张20元的钞票。 —twentieth adjective, pronoun in the twentieth century 在20世纪 her twentieth birthday 她的20岁生日 I’m planning to leave on the twentieth (=the 20th day of the month). 我打算20号走。
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twenty• Since most of the male students were in their mid to late twenties, spouse hunting for them was a major preoccupation.Origin twenty Old English twentigtwen·ty numberChineseSyllable
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twenty
twen‧ty /ˈtwenti/
number, noun
a small village twenty miles from Nairobi
I’m nearly twenty (=20 years old).
2. the twenties [plural] (also the 20s, the 1920s) the years from 1920 to 1929:
In the twenties the business expanded.
the early/mid/late twenties
The photograph was taken in the late twenties.
3. be in your twenties to be aged between 20 and 29
early/mid/late twenties
She was in her early twenties when I met her.
4. in the twenties if the temperature is in the twenties, it is between 20 degrees and 29 degrees
in the low/mid/high twenties
a warm day, with temperatures in the low twenties
5. [countable] a piece of paper money that is worth £20 or $20:
I offered the driver a twenty.
—twentieth adjective, pronoun:
in the twentieth century
her twentieth birthday
I’m planning to leave on the twentieth (=the 20th day of the month).
twen‧ty /ˈtwenti/
number, noun Language: Old English
Origin: twentig
1. the number 20:Origin: twentig
2. the twenties [plural] (also the 20s, the 1920s) the years from 1920 to 1929:
the early/mid/late twenties
3. be in your twenties to be aged between 20 and 29
early/mid/late twenties
4. in the twenties if the temperature is in the twenties, it is between 20 degrees and 29 degrees
in the low/mid/high twenties
5. [countable] a piece of paper money that is worth £20 or $20:
—twentieth adjective, pronoun:
