thousand
柯林斯词典
1. NUM Athousand or one thousand is the number 1,000. 1000
...five thousand acres. …5000英亩。
2. QUANT If you refer to thousands of things or people, you are emphasizing that there are very many of them. 成千上万[QUANT 'of' pl-n] [强调]
Thousands of refugees are packed into overcrowded towns and villages. 成千上万的难民挤入拥挤不堪的城镇与村庄。
3. PRON You can also use thousands as a pronoun. 成千上万
Hundreds have been killed in the fighting and thousands made homeless. 数百人在战斗中丧生，成千上万的人无家可归。
4. a thousand and one→see one
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thousand /ˈθaʊzənd/ (thousands)
剑桥词典
- the number 1,000
- Your essay should be no more than two thousand words long .
- Twelve thousand years ago, our ancestors were primitive savages living in caves .
- A thousand people took part in the region's biggest-ever cycle race .
- Our computer indexes several thousand new records every second.
- Accommodation needs to be found for thousands of homeless families . 返回 thousand
（数字）1000
They had driven over a/one thousand miles . 他们驾车超过一千英里。
The population of the village is about three thousand. 这个村庄的人口约为三千人。
The damage will cost thousands of dollars to repair . 修复损坏的部分要花几千美元。
a thousand/thousands of sth B2 informal
a large number
很多的，大量的，数以千计的
I have a thousand things to do before we go away. 我们去度假前，我还有很多事情要做。
the thousands
numbers between 1,000 and 1,000,000
上千，几千，数千
His latest work is expected to sell in the thousands. 他的最新作品预计可卖数千册。
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