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*num·ber¹ /`nʌmbə; ˈnʌmbə/
n
1 [C] a word or sign that shows an amount or quantity 数; 数字:
Add the numbers 7, 4, and 3. 把数字 7, 4 和 3 加起来。
2 [C] a telephone number 电话号码:
"Is Laura there?" "No, I'm afraid you have the wrong number." “劳拉在吗？”“不，我想你拨错号码了。”
3 [C] a sign used to show the position of something in a set, list etc 编号:
Look at question number five. 看看第五个问题。
4 [C] a set of numbers used to recognize something 号码:
What's your credit card number? 你的信用卡号码是多少？
5 [C,U] an amount of something that can be counted 数量:
the number of an increase in the number of cars on the roads 道路上汽车数量的增加
a large/great/small etc number of also 又作 large/great/small etc numbers of A large number of factories have closed in recent months. 许多工厂在近几个月都已关闭。
a number of (=several) 若干: We received a number of complaints about the noise. 我们收到若干有关噪音的投诉。
any number of (=a lot of) 好多，许多: There could be any number of reasons why she's late. 她迟到的原因可以有好多。
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