twelve

number

1. 十二
   12

1. (数字)12
   Twelve is the number 12.

1. In most jurisdictions, twelve jurors and two alternates are chosen
   大多数辖区都会选出12名陪审员和2名候补陪审员。
2. He was almost back to his belligerent mood of twelve months ago.
   他故态复萌，几乎又像一年前那样咄咄逼人了。
3. We have been gradually bled for twelve years
   我们被一点一滴地压榨了12年。
4. It was to be a closed circle of no more than twelve women
   它本来应该是一个不超过12名女性的封闭的小圈子。
5. A police motorcycle chased his car twelve miles, and cornered him near Rome
   一辆摩托警车跟在他的车后追了12英里，最后在快到罗马时将他截住。
6. Disagreements among the twelve EC countries prevented them from taking any concerted action
   欧共体12个成员国之间的意见不合导致他们无法采取统一的行动。
7. She displayed her wound to the twelve gentlemen of the jury
   她给陪审团的12位男士看了她的伤口。
8. The twelve finalists will be listed in the Sunday Times.
   12名决赛选手的名单将刊登在《星期日泰晤士报》上。
9. He ordered twelve gross of the disks.
   他订购了12罗磁盘。
10. The sentence of the court was twelve years 'hard labour, to be served in a British prison.
    法庭判其在一所英国监狱里服12年苦役。
11. The building will house twelve boys and eight girls
    这座房子里会住12个男孩和8个女孩。
12. Babies of eight to twelve months are generally highly imitative.
    8到12个月大的婴儿通常很爱模仿。
13. Normally it has only had eleven or twelve members in all. Now it will have seventeen at the very least.
    通常总共只有十一二个会员。现在将至少有十七个。
14. Her own twelve pictures sold fairly well, mostly to friends and family
    她自己的12幅画卖得相当好，多半卖给了朋友和家人。
15. A twelve hour night time curfew is in force.
    正在执行12小时的宵禁。
16. We waited till twelve and we finally got on the plane
    我们一直等到12点才终于上了飞机。
17. Twelve thousand workers will go onto a four-day week at their factory in Birmingham.
    伯明翰工厂的12,000名工人将采取每周4天工作制。
18. Twelve inmates have been killed during a riot at the prison.
    12名犯人在一场监狱暴乱中被杀害。
19. We were set upon by about twelve youths and I was kicked unconscious.
    我们遭到了大约12名青年的袭击，我被踢晕过去了。
20. Twelve Cubans left the embassy after sheltering there for several days.
    12名古巴人在大使馆藏身了几天后离开了。
21. Twelve extremely good-looking, smooth young men have been picked as finalists
    12名特别漂亮精明的青年男子被选为参加决赛的选手。
22. I met some friends and stayed out until eleven or twelve.
    我见了几个朋友，直到夜里十一二点才回家。
23. The clock in the church struck twelve, and soon after people began to stream out.
    教堂的钟敲响了十二点，不久人们便开始鱼贯而出。
24. He had a tea-break about twelve.
    十二点左右，他放下工作休息了一下。
25. Some firms expect the guards to work twelve hours a day.
    有些公司要求保安每天工作12小时。
26. I shall stay here until twelve o'clock.
    我将留在这里一直到十二点钟。
27. He's twelve years old.
    他12周岁。
28. The year is divided into twelve months.
    一年分为12个月。
29. There are twelve inches in one foot.
    一英尺等于12英寸。

noun

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one

   Synonym:    12XIIdozen

adj

1. denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units

   Synonym:    12xiidozen