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Thousand Number ˈθaʊznd Plural Things Thousandth I S

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/θa͟ʊz(ə)nd/
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。
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[NUM 数词](数字) 1,000 A 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。

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[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。

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a thousand and one→see:
one

    Oxford thou·sand / ˈθaʊznd ; NAmE ˈθaʊznd / number ( abbr.K ) 1 1 000 一千 HELP  You 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 Two thousand (pounds) was withdrawn from the account. 2 a thousand or thousands (of…) ( usually informal) a large number 数以千计的;成千上万的;许许多多的 There were thousands of people there.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。 3 the thousands the 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。 HELP  There 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
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    thou·sand / ˈθaʊznd ; NAmE ˈθaʊznd /
    LDC
    thousandthou‧sand /ˈθaʊzənd/ ●●● W3 number (plural thousand or thousands)
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    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 citythousandth noun [countable]
    WDF

    thousand

    [ˈθaʊznd]

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    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

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