twenty-one

英 [ˈtwenti wʌn]

美 [ˈtwenti wʌn]

n.  二十一，二十一个所成之一组

高考

英英释义

noun

• a gambling game using cards
  Synonym:blackjackvingt-et-un
• the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one
  Synonym:21XXI

adj

• being one more than twenty
  Synonym:21xxi

双语例句

• I was twenty-one that day, in the golden age of my life.
  那一天我二十一岁，在我一生的黄金时代。
• We wanted this to be a twenty shilling coin but now in the market it's trading at twenty-one.
  我们希望它是一个值二十先令的硬币，但现在它在市场上以二十一个先令的价值来交换。
• Then they implemented a rule that the guinea is worth twenty-one shillings.
  于是政府就执行了一个新令，规定一个几尼值二十一个先令的价值。
• Winterton has never had a sniff of a government job in his entire twenty-one years in parliament.
  在国会的整整21年里，温特顿没有得到过任何在政府里工作的机会。
• He spent twenty-one hours in space.
  他在太空中飞了21个小时。
• The diet is chosen under a franchise that is universal for citizens aged twenty-one and over.
  国会由年满二十一岁以上的公民普遍选举产生。
• We waited twenty-one years, don't fail us now.
  我们等了21年了，如今不要让我们失望。
• Not yet twenty-one, she exhibited the demeanour of a woman of forty.
  尽管还不到二十一岁，她已经流露出四十岁女人的风度了。
• At the same time he noticed that although it was nearly twenty-one hours the shop was still open.
  他同时注意到，虽然时间已经快到二十一点了，这家铺子还开着门。
• But Michael was twenty-one years of age and nothing could be done against his own willfulness.
  但是迈克尔已经二十一岁了，没有什么可以让他逆着他自己的意愿行事。