English-Thai Dictionary

twenty

ADJ ยี่ สิบ  yi-sib

 

twenty

N ยี่ สิบ  เลข ยี่ สิบ  จำนวน ยี่ สิบ  yi-sib

 

twenty-one

N เลขที่ ยี่ สิบเอ็ด  lek-ti-yi-sib-aed

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TWENTY

a.[L. decem.] 1. Twice ten; as twenty men; twenty years.
2. Proverbially, an indefinite number.
Maximilian, upon twenty respects, could not have been the man.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TWENTY

Twen "ty, a. Etym: [OE. twenty, AS. tw, twentig; akin to OFris.twintich, OS. tw, D. & LG. twintig, OHG. zweinzug, G. zwanzig, Goth. twai tigjis; that is, two tens. See Twain, Two, and Ten. ]

 

1. One more that nineteen; twice; as, twenty men.

 

2. An indefinite number more or less that twenty. Shak. Maximilian, upon twenty respects, could not have been the man. Bacon.

 

TWENTY

Twen "ty, n.; pl. Twenties (.

 

1. The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score.

 

2. A symbol representing twenty units, as 2 , or xx.

 

TWENTYFOLD

TWENTYFOLD Twen "ty *fold `, a.

 

Defn: Twenty times as many.

 

TWENTY-FOURMO

TWENTY-FOURMO Twen `ty-four "mo, a.

 

Defn: Having twenty-four leaves to a sheet; as, a twenty-fourmo form, book, leaf, size, etc. -- n.

 

Defn: A book composed of sheets, each of which is folded into twenty- four leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of book whose sheets are so folded; -- usually written 24mo, or 24º.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

twenty

twen ty |ˈtwentē ˈtwɛn (t )i | ▶cardinal number ( pl. twenties ) the number equivalent to the product of two and ten; ten less than thirty; 20: twenty or thirty years ago | twenty of us stood and waited | a twenty-foot aerial. (Roman numeral: xx, XX ) • (twenties ) the numbers from twenty to twenty-nine, esp. the years of a century or of a person's life: he's in his late twenties. • twenty years old: he's about twenty. • twenty miles an hour. • a size of garment or other merchandise denoted by twenty. • a twenty-dollar bill. DERIVATIVES twen ti eth |-tēiTH |ordinal number, twen ty fold |-ˌfōld |adjective & adverb ORIGIN Old English twentig, from the base of two + -ty 2 .

 

twenty-eight

twen ty-eight ▶noun Austral. a ringneck parrot of a race having a call that resembles the word “twenty-eight. ” [Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus, family Psittacidae; a subspecies of the Port Lincoln parrot. ]

 

twenty-four-hour clock

twen ty-four-hour clock (also 24 -hour clock ) ▶noun a method of measuring the time based on the full twenty-four hours of the day, rather than dividing it into two units of twelve hours.

 

twenty-four hours

twen ty-four hours ▶noun W. Indian a long-legged arboreal lizard of tropical America, related to the anoles. [Polychrus marmoratus, family Iguanidae. ] ORIGIN so named from the superstition that a person touched by one will die within twenty-four hours.

 

twenty-one

twen ty-one ▶noun the card game blackjack.

 

Twenty-Six Counties

Twenty-Six Counties the counties of the Republic of Ireland. Compare with Six Counties.

 

twenty-twenty

twen ty-twen ty (also 20 /20 ) ▶adjective denoting vision of normal sharpness. ORIGIN the Snellen fraction for normal visual acuity (see Snellen test ).

 

Twenty20

Twenty20 ▶noun [ mass noun ] a type of cricket match in which each team has a single innings consisting of a maximum of twenty overs.

 

Oxford Dictionary

twenty

twenty |ˈtwɛnti | ▶cardinal number ( pl. twenties ) the number equivalent to the product of two and ten; ten less than thirty; 20: twenty or thirty years ago | twenty of us stood and waited | a twenty-foot aerial. (Roman numeral: xx or XX ) • (twenties ) the numbers from twenty to twenty-nine, especially the years of a century or of a person's life: he's in his late twenties. • twenty years old: he's about twenty. • twenty miles an hour. • a size of garment or other merchandise denoted by twenty. DERIVATIVES twentieth ordinal number, twentyfold adjective & adverb ORIGIN Old English twentig, from the base of two + -ty 2 .

 

twenty-eight

twen ty-eight ▶noun Austral. a ringneck parrot of a race having a call that resembles the word “twenty-eight. ” [Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus, family Psittacidae; a subspecies of the Port Lincoln parrot. ]

 

twenty-four-hour clock

twenty-four-hour clock (also 24 -hour clock ) ▶noun a method of measuring the time based on the full twenty-four hours of the day, rather than dividing it into two units of twelve hours.

 

twenty-four hours

twen ty-four hours ▶noun W. Indian a long-legged arboreal lizard of tropical America, related to the anoles. [Polychrus marmoratus, family Iguanidae. ] ORIGIN so named from the superstition that a person touched by one will die within twenty-four hours.

 

twenty-one

twenty-one ▶noun [ mass noun ] the card game blackjack or pontoon.

 

Twenty-Six Counties

Twenty-Six Counties the counties of the Republic of Ireland. Compare with Six Counties.

 

twenty-twenty

twenty-twenty (also 20 /20 ) ▶adjective denoting vision of normal sharpness. ORIGIN the Snellen fraction for normal visual acuity (see Snellen test ).

 

Twenty20

Twenty20 ▶noun [ mass noun ] a type of cricket match in which each team has a single innings consisting of a maximum of twenty overs.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

twenty

twenty cardinal number score. WORD LINKS twenty icos- related prefixes, as in icosahedron; Chemistry eicos-: eicosanoic vigesimal relating to twenty Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

twenty

twen ty /twénti /〖twain (2 ) ty (10倍 )〗 (! 用例 用法は →five ) 名詞 複 -ties /-z /1 U (基数の )20 (!序数はtwentieth ) .2 U 20歳 ; 20時 , 20分 ; 20ドル [ポンド , セント , ペンス ].3 U 〖複数扱い 〗20人 ; 20個 .4 C 20人 [20個 ]ひと組のもの .5 〖one's -ties 〗(年齢の )20代 ▸ young men in their early [mid, late ] twenties 20代初め [半ば, 終わり ]の若い男性たち .6 〖the -ties 〗(世紀の )20年代, (特に )1920年代 ; (温度が )20度台 ▸ jazz music in the twenties 1920年代のジャズ ▸ in the high [low ] twenties (気温が )20度台後半 [前半 ]で .7 C 20の数字 [活字 ] 〘20, XX, xxなど 〙.8 C ｟米 くだけて ｠20ドル紙幣 ; ｟英 くだけて ｠20ポンド紙幣 .形容詞 1 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗20人の ; 20個の .2 〖be ～〗20歳で .3 多数の ▸ I told you twenty times! 何度も言っただろ .

 

twenty-

twen ty- 複合要素 20 .

 

twenty-four seven

tw è nty-four s é ven 24 /7 副詞 ｟くだけて ｠1日24時間週に7日間, いつも (!twenty-four hours a day, seven days a weekより ) .

 

twenty-one

tw è nty- ó ne 名詞 ｟米 ｠＝blackjack 1 .

 

twentysomething

tw é nty s ò mething 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗20歳代の .名詞 C 〖通例 ～s 〗20歳代の人たち .

 

twenty-twenty

tw è nty-tw é nty 20 /20 形容詞 正常な視力の ; 洞察力のある ▸ twenty-twenty hindsight 鋭い後知恵 (!事の後ならもっともらしいことが容易に言えるの意 ) .～̀ v í sion 正常な視力 .

 

twenty-two

tw è nty-tw ó .22 名詞 C 22口径の銃 .