ten

ten
cardinal number
  1. equivalent to the product of five and two; one more than nine; 10(Roman numeral: x, X罗马数字:x, X)
    10 十;十个
    the last ten years.
    过去的十年。
    the house comfortably sleeps ten.
    这屋子可供十个人住得舒舒服服。
    a ten-foot shrub.
    十英尺高的灌木。
    ■a group or unit of ten people or things
    十个人(或物)一组
    count in tens.
    按十个一组算。
    ■ten years old
    十岁
    the boy was no more than ten.
    小男孩不足十岁。
    ■ten o'clock
    十点钟
    at about ten at night I got a call.
    大约在晚上十点钟,我接到一个电话。
    ■a size of garment or other merchandise denoted by ten
    (衣服等商品的)十号
    ■a ten-pound note or ten-dollar bill
    十英镑;十美元
    he took the money in tens.
    他拿了几张十元钞。
    ■a playing card with ten pips
    十点的纸牌
常用词组
be ten a penny
  1. 见 penny
ten out of ten
  1. a perfect mark
    满分
  2. used to congratulate someone or indicate that they have done something well
    (由于对方工作出色而给予的)赞扬;祝贺
    you have to give her ten out of ten for persistence.
    你得赞扬她的坚持不懈。
ten to one
  1. very probably
    十之八九;很可能
    ten to one you'll never find out who did this.
    你很可能永远都找不出这是谁做的。
语源
  1. Old English tēn, tīen, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tien and German zehn, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit daśa, Greek deka, and Latin decem
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