| 正面 | 12976.twelfth 英 [twelfθ]美 [twɛlfθ]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. To embellish something is literally to 'make it beautiful'.2. beau, beauty, belle => embellish.3. bellus "beautiful, pretty" <===> bon- "good", bene- "well".4. 谐音“姨母白丽兮”。adj. 第十二的，第十二个的；十二分之一的n. 第十二；月的第十二日 例句： 1. The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century.英国最早尝试在爱尔兰开拓殖民地是在12世纪。 twelfth (adj.)late 14c., with -th (1), altering Middle English twelfte, from Old English twelfta, from twelf ((see twelve). The earlier form is cognate with Old Norse tolfti, Danish tolvte, Old Frisian twelefta, Dutch twaalfde, Old High German zwelifto, German zwölfte . As a noun meaning "a twelfth part," from 1550s. Twelfth Night is Old English twelftan niht "Twelfth Night," the eve of Epiphany, which comes twelve days after Christmas, formerly an occasion of social rites and a time of merrymaking." |