thousand
number
uk/ˈθaʊ.zənd/us/ˈθaʊ.zənd/pluralthousandorthousandsA2
thenumber1,000:
（数字）1000They haddrivenover a/one thousandmiles.他们驾车超过一千英里。
Thepopulationof thevillageis about three thousand.这个村庄的人口约为三千人。
Thedamagewillcostthousandsofdollarstorepair.修复损坏的部分要花几千美元。
a thousand/thousands ofsomethingB2informal
alargenumber:
很多的，大量的，数以千计的I have a thousand things to do before we go away.我们去度假前，我还有很多事情要做。
the thousands
numbersbetween 1,000 and 1,000,000:
上千，几千，数千Hislatestworkisexpectedtosellin the thousands.他的最新作品预计可卖数千册。
- Youressayshould be no more than two thousand wordslong.
- Twelve thousandyearsago,ourancestorswereprimitivesavageslivingincaves.
- A thousandpeopletookpartin the region's biggest-evercyclerace.
- Ourcomputerindexesseveral thousand newrecordsevery second.
- Accommodationneedsto befoundfor thousands ofhomelessfamilies.
Numbers: cardinal, including nought & zero
- A, a
- B, b
- bi
- cipher
- deca-
- fifteen
- five
- forty
- googol
- milliard
- multi-trillion
- nineteen
- ninety
- seventy
- six
- sixty
- ten
- thirty
- twelve
- unit
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