number /ˈnʌmbə/ CET4 TEM4 ( numbering, numbered, numbers )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A number is a word such as "two," "nine," or "twelve," or a symbol such as 1, 3, or 47. You use numbers to say how many things you are referring to or where something comes in a series. 数字; 号码

  例：

  No, I don't know the room number.

  不，我不知道房间号。

  例：

  Stan Laurel was born at number 3, Argyll Street.

  斯坦·劳雷尔出生于阿盖尔街3号。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT You use number with words such as "large" or "small" to say approximately how many things or people there are. 数量

  例：

  Quite a considerable number of interviews are going on.

  许许多多的面试正在进行。

  例：

  I have had an enormous number of letters from single parents.

  我收到了大量单亲家长的来信。

• 3. 

  N-SING If there are a number of things or people, there are several of them. If there are any number of things or people, there is a large quantity of them. 几个; 许多

  例：

  I seem to remember that Sam told a number of lies.

  我记得好像萨姆撒过一些谎。

• 4. 

  N-UNCOUNT You can refer to someone's or something's position in a list of the most successful or most popular of a particular type of thing as, for example, number one or number two. (排名) 第…号

  例：

  Martin now faces the world number one, Jansher Khan of Pakistan.

  马丁现在面对的是世界头号选手，巴基斯坦的詹舍尔汉。

  例：

  Before you knew it, the single was at number 90 in the U.S. singles charts.

  转眼间这张单曲唱片在美国单曲唱片排行榜上排第90位了。

• 5. 

  V-T If a group of people or things numbers a particular total, that is how many there are. 总计

  例：

  They told me that their village numbered 100.

  他们告诉我他们村共有100人。

• 6. 

  N-COUNT A number is the series of numbers that you dial when you are making a telephone call. 电话号码

  例：

  ...a list of names and telephone numbers.

  …一张姓名和电话号码单子。

  例：

  My number is 414-3925.

  我的电话号码是414-3925。

• 7. 

  N-COUNT You can refer to a short piece of music, a song, or a dance as a number. 一首 (歌曲、乐曲); 一段 (舞蹈)

  例：

  ..."Unforgettable," a number that was written and performed in 1951.

  …《难以忘怀》，一首在1951年创作并演唱的歌曲。

• 8. 

  V-T If someone or something is numbered among a particular group, they are believed to belong in that group. 把…列入 [正式]

  例：

  Lech Walesa and Nelson Mandela are numbered among my personal heroes.

  莱奇·维尔萨和纳尔逊·曼德拉被列入了我心目中的英雄。

• 9. 

  V-T If you number something, you mark it with a number, usually starting at 1. 把…编号

  例：

  He cut his paper up into tiny squares, and he numbered each one.

  他把纸裁成小方块并给每个方块编号。

• 10. 

  → see also serial number