twenty

number

1. 二十
   20
2. 二十几；二十年代
   numbers, years or temperatures from 20 to 29

1. (数字)20
   Twenty is the number 20.
2. N-PLURAL (20 至 29 之间的数字)二十几
   When you talk about the twenties, you are referring to numbers between 20 and 29. For example, if you are in your twenties, you are aged between 20 and 29. If the temperature is in the twenties, the temperature is between 20 and 29 degrees.
   1. They're both in their twenties and both married with children of their own.
      他们俩都二十几岁，都已经结婚生子了。
3. N-PLURAL 二十世纪二十年代(1920 至 1929 年间)
   The twenties is the decade between 1920 and 1929.
   1. It was written in the Twenties, but it still really stands out.
      它写于20世纪20年代，但直到今天仍然备受瞩目。

1. Fields's will bequeathed his wife Hattie and son Claude the sum of twenty thousand dollars
   菲尔茨将遗赠给他妻子哈蒂和儿子克劳德共计两万美元。
2. The badges come in twenty different colours and shapes.
   这种徽章有20种不同的颜色和形状。
3. They have received at least twenty thousand pounds each but had gone to court to demand more.
   他们每人至少已经得到了两万英镑，但仍然向法庭提出诉讼要求获得更多。
4. I have twenty novels and countless magazine stories to my credit.
   我著有20部小说，还在杂志上发表了无数篇文章。
5. Photographs of the crime scene began to arrive within twenty minutes.
   不到20分钟，犯罪现场的照片就开始传来了。
6. Brian counted to twenty and lifted his binoculars. Elena did the same
   布赖恩数到20，举起了双筒望远镜。埃琳娜也照着做了。
7. He had sat and repeated his family's genealogy to her, twenty minutes of nonstop names.
   他坐下又给她细数了一遍他家族的家谱，20分钟内说出了一连串的名字。
8. After twenty years as a chain smoker Mr Nathe has given up the habit.
   当了20年的烟鬼后，纳特先生戒了烟。
9. He was jailed for twenty years.
   他被判了20年监禁。
10. In twenty years of marriage he has only taken two proper vacations.
    结婚二十年里，他只像样地度过两次假。
11. Goldsworth stared at me in silence for nearly twenty seconds
    将近20秒的时间，戈兹沃思就那么一声不响地盯着我看。
12. Police say they have arrested twenty people following the disturbances
    警方说骚乱发生后他们已逮捕了20人。
13. He had maintained a rigid diet, shedding some twenty pounds.
    他严格地坚持节食，减了差不多20磅。
14. Twenty years ago singer-songwriter John Prine released his first album.
    20年前创作型歌手约翰·普林发行了他的第一张专辑。
15. The agent spied for East Germany for more than twenty years
    该特工人员为东德做了20多年的间谍。
16. There were two stragglers twenty yards back
    两名掉队者落后了20码。
17. Twenty games have gone to sudden death — a new cup record
    已经有20场比赛是靠突然死亡法决出的胜负——创下了杯赛的一项新纪录。
18. It had taken Masters about twenty hours to reach the house
    马斯特斯用了约20个钟头才到达那所房子。
19. They're both in their twenties and both married with children of their own.
    他们俩都二十几岁，都已经结婚生子了。
20. It was written in the Twenties, but it still really stands out.
    它写于20世纪20年代，但直到今天仍然备受瞩目。
21. She spent twenty yuan in all.
    她一总花了20元。
22. Owing to the reason known to all the relations between the two people were suspended for over twenty years.
    由于众所周知的原因，两国人民间的关系中断了20多年。
23. He's not married yet, he's only twenty.
    他才20岁，还没有成家。
24. She has taught in this university for twenty years.
    她在这所大学教书已有20个春秋。
25. They talked about their life in Beijing twenty years ago.
    他们谈到了20年前在北京的生活。
26. That was twenty years ago.
    距今已有20年。

num.

in your twenties

• 20多岁
  between the ages of 20 and 29

noun

1. a United States bill worth 20 dollars

   Synonym:    twenty dollar bill

2. the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one

   Synonym:    20XX

adj

1. denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units

   Synonym:    20xx