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
见 penny
ten out of ten
a perfect mark 满分
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
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
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