The plural form is thousand after a number, or after a word or expression referring to a number, such as ‘several’ or ‘a few’. 用在数字以及 several,a few 等表示数量的词或短语之后时,thousand 的复数形式不变。
1
[NUM 数词](数字) 1,000A thousand or one thousand is the number 1,000.
[usu a/num NUM]
...five thousand acres...
5,000 英亩
Visitors can expect to pay about a thousand pounds a day.
游客每天大概要支付 1,000 英镑。
2
[QUANT 数量词]数千;成千上万 If you refer to thousands of things or people, you are emphasizing that there are very many of them.
[QUANT of pl-n]
[emphasis]
Thousands of refugees are packed into overcrowded towns and villages...
成千上万的难民涌入拥挤不堪的城镇和村庄。
I must have driven past that place thousands of times.
我得有上千次开车经过那里。
You can also use thousands as a pronoun.
Hundreds have been killed in the fighting and thousands made homeless.
数百人在战斗中丧生,数千人无家可归。
3
a thousand and one→see:
one
;
Oxford
thou·sand★/ˈθaʊznd; NAmEˈθaʊznd/number(abbr.K )1★1 000 一千HELPYou say a, one, two, etc. thousandwithout a final ‘s’ on ‘thousand’. Thousands (of…)can be used if there is no number or quantity before it. Always use a plural verb with thousandor thousands,except when an amount of money is mentioned. *thousand 与数词 a、one、two 等连用时,后面不加 s。若前面没有数目或数量,可用 thousands (of...)。除指金额外,thousand 和 thousands 均用复数动词 ◆Four thousand (people) are expected to attend.◆Two thousand (pounds) was withdrawn from the account.2★a thousandorthousands (of…)( usually informal) a large number 数以千计的;成千上万的;许许多多的◆There were thousands of people there.那里有成千上万的人。3the thousandsthe numbers from 1 000 to 9 999 *1 000 到 9 999 间的数目;千位数 ◆The cost ran into the thousands.成本达到千位数。HELPThere are more examples of how to use numbers at the entry for hundred.更多数词用法示例见 hundred 条。IDIOMsee
thousandthou‧sand /ˈθaʊzənd/ ●●●W3 number (plural thousand or thousands)
Word Origin
Examples
word sets
Collocations
Phrases
1the number 1,000: a journey of almost a thousand milestwo/three/four etc thousand five thousand dollars The company employs thirty thousand people.2an extremely large number of things or peoplea thousand I’ve been this route a thousand times before.thousands of There are thousands of things I want to do.—thousandth adjective: the thousandth anniversary of the founding of the city—thousandth noun [countable]
WDF
thousand
[ˈθaʊznd]
CET4CET6TEM4考研
m651
49405
4463
11923
13362
12445
7212
NOUN1100
1417780
Spoken:
91558642
许许多多(100%)
n.一千;一千个;许许多多
adj.成千的;无数的
Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.