Definition of twelve in English:

twelve

cardinal number twɛlvtwɛlv

1Equivalent to the product of three and four; two more than ten; 12.
12十二；十二个
he walked twelve miles
他走了12英里。
there are just twelve of us in all
我们总共只有12人。
a twelve-string guitar
12弦吉他。
Example sentencesExamples
- The creatures were roughly six feet tall standing on all four legs, and could have been at least twelve feet long.
- She stopped to rest twice but covered the entire twelve miles on foot.
- Over the past twelve years, the NCH has worked with homeless shelters around the country.
- At exactly twelve minutes past two by my wristwatch the unbearable feeling of tension collapsed, and I knew it was over.
- I've walked twelve miles today, and most of it on roads - busy and congested - and my feet hurt from the heavy pack and the asphalt.
- At age 34, and after six apartments in the past twelve years, I made a vow: No more renting.
- The new board will comprise twelve members, including four worker directors.
- Watch for the number of stores to increase dramatically in the next twelve months.
- In order to tailor each course to your company's requirements, we plan to confine group sizes to between four and twelve participants.
- Thirty-six million years ago, volcanic mudflows blocked a stream flowing through this valley, producing a lake about twelve miles long.
- These twelve essays examine an enormous number of aspects involved in keeping the peace and resolving conflict in troubled parts of the world.
- He said that he had raised this issue in the Parliament twelve or thirteen years ago.
- Place twelve good-quality sausages into a casserole dish.
- The space is largely filled with wide metal shelves, about twelve feet high and four feet deep.
- We have twelve olive trees, four fig trees, one pomegranate and a couple of as-yet-unidentified trees.
- There are two cabins, one sleeping four, the other a small trappers cabin, measuring twelve feet by sixteen feet sleeping two people.
- After letting it ring twelve times she threw the phone on the bed.
- On the ground floor the books must go twelve feet up the wall, and you can't even read the titles of the ones on the top shelf without a ladder.
- She has four children and twelve grandchildren.
- These were generally a few inches to twelve feet thick and were concentrated along a linear distance of about two miles.
Synonyms
dozen, zodiac
Music dodecuplet
rare duodecad
1. 1.1 A group or unit of twelve people or things.
  十二个人（或物）一组
  Example sentencesExamples
  And he sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, ‘If any one would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.’
  All twelve are worthy winners and any one of them could easily be chosen as the overall winner.
  Well done to all three who made it to the final twelve in the nationwide event.
  Mincepies were originally made in twelves and should be offered by a friend-they go with anything, sherry, mulled wine, tea or coffee and can be eaten at any time of day.
  They have 10 points out of a possible twelve and are in second position.
  The twelve of us must wait until tomorrow before we can retire to the jury room, discuss all that we have heard and finally reach a verdict.
  The number of Ollie-inspired pieces could range from a likely none to a possible twelve - stay tuned.
  Only twelve came to bid him farewell and as a reward he named a year after each one in the order they arrived.
  Of the twelve, four are particularly noteworthy.
  We were on Saltspring Island about a week ago and I met a man who was one of the first twelve who came in the Vietnam era.
  Charles really nailed it when he sang ‘Ribbon In the Sky’, a Stevie Wonder ballad, which propelled him to the final twelve.
  Since ancient mathematics divided things into twelves and sixes, 13 and seven have always held special significance.
  The other twelve were Iraqis but were not identified as such, a telling omission.
  When the field was reduced to the final twelve, lesser talents got knocked off one by one.
  After all these weeks of paring it down to the final twelve, these are the twelve?
  On the third occasion He sent the twelve on ahead by twos and followed after them.
  She is likely a shoo-in for the top twelve.
  Having won only one of the four rounds to date, he is now placed second from the bottom in the competition with a score of six points out of a possible twelve.
  The top twelve qualified for the county finals.
  In the hierarchy of local raja he was the most junior of the twelve in the Kei Islands, but he was able to approach the others and start a movement of customary reconciliation.
2. 1.2 Twelve years old.
  十二岁
  a small blonde girl of about twelve
  一个约12岁的金发小女孩。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Padma draped her first sari at the age of twelve, the age at which girls traditionally began to wear saris when they, as she politely puts it, matured.
  I knew a girl when I was twelve and for some reason she was in love with him during the ‘Love, Sydney’ years.
  When I was ten and my sister twelve, we spent the summer in the lush Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, at Camp Chimney Rock.
  A window opened and a girl around the age of eleven or twelve poked her head out the window.
  The week's sport and fun is open to all boys and girls from the ages of eight to twelve years.
  Around 8 a.m., the oldest of his three offspring, all girls aged ten through twelve, would load up and head for Castries.
  She calls to one, a girl, probably about twelve.
  Ngima's father died young and at the age of twelve Ngima started work as a trekking porter to help support the family.
  She is a very young girl as young as twelve, who is not old enough to look after herself yet never mind a child of her own.
  I was only twelve then, but I did get my wish that day.
  Come this May, a judge's signature will be enough to allow girls as young as twelve to marry; boys have to wait until they're fourteen.
  She was the oldest, true, but she was also only twelve then.
  Girls and boys play in mixed teams until the age of twelve.
  Soon El Marichal ordered that the minimum conscription age be lowered to twelve.
  I first came to realise my mother hated me when I was only twelve.
  They start at 7pm and any little girl between the ages of six and twelve is welcome to join.
  These sessions will continue on Wednesday and Friday each week at 11 a.m. for players under the age of twelve.
  At the age of twelve his parents divorced and he moved to London with his father.
  About 35 kids between the ages of nine and twelve gather every Saturday to play rugby.
  Youth theatre for boys and girls aged eight to twelve years is held in Rathdowney Church of Ireland Hall on Saturdays from 2 to 4pm.
3. 1.3 Twelve o'clock.
  十二点钟
  it's half past twelve
  十二点半。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Unfortunately, those three came back at five past twelve.
  Suddenly the clock struck twelve and the two were broken from their trance.
  Back to the present, quarter past twelve today, I got back to Reading to find the thing was still there.
  So it wasn't a very big surprise when Dustin and Justin showed up at half past twelve.
  The seminar ran every Wednesday from half past twelve to two o'clock in Mathematical Institute.
  At ten past twelve I looked at my watch and realised - oh!
  Byrne's World of Wonder, on the Cork Road, Waterford will be open at midnight on Friday and will commence selling the book at one second past twelve!
  All this occurred between twelve and one o'clock this morning.
  The clock struck twelve, and several guards shooed the reporters out of the castle.
  At half past twelve, Margot and Daddy read, and others clean.
4. 1.4 A size of garment or other merchandise denoted by twelve.
  （衣服等商品的）十二号
  Example sentencesExamples
  Well, I know she's a size twelve but, you know, erm, how exactly does that relate to, well, bikini tops?
  Walking was a bore and I really hated exercise so it was a surprise that I was a size twelve, if you saw the amount I could eat.
  It looked like a size twelve boot had crashed through the screen.
  It was Alexz that would never fit in mom's clothes, being the size twelve that she is.
  "Size twelve and a half, " the voice that belonged to Feet said.
  After I had my first daughter, I could wear my size ten and twelve clothes a week after she was born.
  Who wants to tell someone she's really a size twelve, anyway.
5. 1.5 The twelve Apostles.
  十二门徒
6. 1.6British (of a film) classified as suitable for people of 12 years and over.
  〈英〉适于十二岁及以上人观看的电影

Origin

Old English twelf(e), from the base of two + a second element (probably expressing the sense 'left over'); of Germanic origin and related to Dutch twaalf and German zwölf. Compare with eleven.

two from Old English:
An Old English word from the same source as twain, twelve, twenty, twilight, and twin (all OE), with an ancient root shared by Latin and Greek duo, source of double (Middle English), duo (late 16th century), duplicate (Late Middle English), and other words. The formula it takes two to…appeared in the 1850s in it takes two to make a quarrel, and in the 1940s in it takes two to make a bargain (see also tango). The saying two's company, three's a crowd was originally two's company, three's none, in the 1730s. Before the British currency was decimalized in 1971 twopence or tuppence was a standard sum. To add or put in your twopenn'orth is to contribute your opinion; twopenn'orth is a contraction of twopennyworth meaning ‘an amount costing two pence’, used also for ‘a small or insignificant amount’.

Rhymes

delve, helve, shelve

Definition of twelve in US English:

twelve

cardinal numbertwelvtwɛlv

1Equivalent to the product of three and four; two more than ten; 12.
12十二；十二个
he walked twelve miles
他走了12英里。
there are just twelve of us in all
我们总共只有12人。
a twelve-string guitar
12弦吉他。
Example sentencesExamples
- Thirty-six million years ago, volcanic mudflows blocked a stream flowing through this valley, producing a lake about twelve miles long.
- In order to tailor each course to your company's requirements, we plan to confine group sizes to between four and twelve participants.
- Place twelve good-quality sausages into a casserole dish.
- The creatures were roughly six feet tall standing on all four legs, and could have been at least twelve feet long.
- Watch for the number of stores to increase dramatically in the next twelve months.
- There are two cabins, one sleeping four, the other a small trappers cabin, measuring twelve feet by sixteen feet sleeping two people.
- At age 34, and after six apartments in the past twelve years, I made a vow: No more renting.
- After letting it ring twelve times she threw the phone on the bed.
- She stopped to rest twice but covered the entire twelve miles on foot.
- I've walked twelve miles today, and most of it on roads - busy and congested - and my feet hurt from the heavy pack and the asphalt.
- Over the past twelve years, the NCH has worked with homeless shelters around the country.
- These were generally a few inches to twelve feet thick and were concentrated along a linear distance of about two miles.
- He said that he had raised this issue in the Parliament twelve or thirteen years ago.
- These twelve essays examine an enormous number of aspects involved in keeping the peace and resolving conflict in troubled parts of the world.
- At exactly twelve minutes past two by my wristwatch the unbearable feeling of tension collapsed, and I knew it was over.
- The space is largely filled with wide metal shelves, about twelve feet high and four feet deep.
- The new board will comprise twelve members, including four worker directors.
- On the ground floor the books must go twelve feet up the wall, and you can't even read the titles of the ones on the top shelf without a ladder.
- We have twelve olive trees, four fig trees, one pomegranate and a couple of as-yet-unidentified trees.
- She has four children and twelve grandchildren.
Synonyms
dozen, zodiac
1. 1.1 A group or unit of twelve people or things.
  十二个人（或物）一组
  Example sentencesExamples
  She is likely a shoo-in for the top twelve.
  In the hierarchy of local raja he was the most junior of the twelve in the Kei Islands, but he was able to approach the others and start a movement of customary reconciliation.
  Charles really nailed it when he sang ‘Ribbon In the Sky’, a Stevie Wonder ballad, which propelled him to the final twelve.
  Well done to all three who made it to the final twelve in the nationwide event.
  After all these weeks of paring it down to the final twelve, these are the twelve?
  Having won only one of the four rounds to date, he is now placed second from the bottom in the competition with a score of six points out of a possible twelve.
  On the third occasion He sent the twelve on ahead by twos and followed after them.
  Mincepies were originally made in twelves and should be offered by a friend-they go with anything, sherry, mulled wine, tea or coffee and can be eaten at any time of day.
  All twelve are worthy winners and any one of them could easily be chosen as the overall winner.
  Of the twelve, four are particularly noteworthy.
  When the field was reduced to the final twelve, lesser talents got knocked off one by one.
  They have 10 points out of a possible twelve and are in second position.
  We were on Saltspring Island about a week ago and I met a man who was one of the first twelve who came in the Vietnam era.
  The other twelve were Iraqis but were not identified as such, a telling omission.
  Only twelve came to bid him farewell and as a reward he named a year after each one in the order they arrived.
  The number of Ollie-inspired pieces could range from a likely none to a possible twelve - stay tuned.
  And he sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, ‘If any one would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.’
  The top twelve qualified for the county finals.
  The twelve of us must wait until tomorrow before we can retire to the jury room, discuss all that we have heard and finally reach a verdict.
  Since ancient mathematics divided things into twelves and sixes, 13 and seven have always held special significance.
2. 1.2 Twelve years old.
  十二岁
  a small blond girl of about twelve
  一个约12岁的金发小女孩。
  Example sentencesExamples
  She is a very young girl as young as twelve, who is not old enough to look after herself yet never mind a child of her own.
  At the age of twelve his parents divorced and he moved to London with his father.
  Ngima's father died young and at the age of twelve Ngima started work as a trekking porter to help support the family.
  She calls to one, a girl, probably about twelve.
  She was the oldest, true, but she was also only twelve then.
  These sessions will continue on Wednesday and Friday each week at 11 a.m. for players under the age of twelve.
  Padma draped her first sari at the age of twelve, the age at which girls traditionally began to wear saris when they, as she politely puts it, matured.
  I was only twelve then, but I did get my wish that day.
  A window opened and a girl around the age of eleven or twelve poked her head out the window.
  Youth theatre for boys and girls aged eight to twelve years is held in Rathdowney Church of Ireland Hall on Saturdays from 2 to 4pm.
  Girls and boys play in mixed teams until the age of twelve.
  Around 8 a.m., the oldest of his three offspring, all girls aged ten through twelve, would load up and head for Castries.
  Come this May, a judge's signature will be enough to allow girls as young as twelve to marry; boys have to wait until they're fourteen.
  I first came to realise my mother hated me when I was only twelve.
  About 35 kids between the ages of nine and twelve gather every Saturday to play rugby.
  Soon El Marichal ordered that the minimum conscription age be lowered to twelve.
  They start at 7pm and any little girl between the ages of six and twelve is welcome to join.
  When I was ten and my sister twelve, we spent the summer in the lush Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, at Camp Chimney Rock.
  The week's sport and fun is open to all boys and girls from the ages of eight to twelve years.
  I knew a girl when I was twelve and for some reason she was in love with him during the ‘Love, Sydney’ years.
3. 1.3 Twelve o'clock.
  十二点钟
  it's half past twelve
  十二点半。
  Example sentencesExamples
  At ten past twelve I looked at my watch and realised - oh!
  All this occurred between twelve and one o'clock this morning.
  Suddenly the clock struck twelve and the two were broken from their trance.
  So it wasn't a very big surprise when Dustin and Justin showed up at half past twelve.
  The clock struck twelve, and several guards shooed the reporters out of the castle.
  At half past twelve, Margot and Daddy read, and others clean.
  Byrne's World of Wonder, on the Cork Road, Waterford will be open at midnight on Friday and will commence selling the book at one second past twelve!
  Unfortunately, those three came back at five past twelve.
  The seminar ran every Wednesday from half past twelve to two o'clock in Mathematical Institute.
  Back to the present, quarter past twelve today, I got back to Reading to find the thing was still there.
4. 1.4 A size of garment or other merchandise denoted by twelve.
  （衣服等商品的）十二号
  Example sentencesExamples
  "Size twelve and a half, " the voice that belonged to Feet said.
  Who wants to tell someone she's really a size twelve, anyway.
  It was Alexz that would never fit in mom's clothes, being the size twelve that she is.
  Walking was a bore and I really hated exercise so it was a surprise that I was a size twelve, if you saw the amount I could eat.
  Well, I know she's a size twelve but, you know, erm, how exactly does that relate to, well, bikini tops?
  It looked like a size twelve boot had crashed through the screen.
  After I had my first daughter, I could wear my size ten and twelve clothes a week after she was born.
5. 1.5the Twelve The twelve Apostles.
  十二门徒

Origin

Old English twelf(e), from the base of two + a second element (probably expressing the sense ‘left over’); of Germanic origin and related to Dutch twaalf and German zwölf. Compare with eleven.

词汇	twelve
释义	Definition of twelve in English: twelve cardinal number twɛlvtwɛlv 1Equivalent to the product of three and four; two more than ten; 12. 12十二；十二个 he walked twelve miles 他走了12英里。 there are just twelve of us in all 我们总共只有12人。 a twelve-string guitar 12弦吉他。 Example sentencesExamples The creatures were roughly six feet tall standing on all four legs, and could have been at least twelve feet long. She stopped to rest twice but covered the entire twelve miles on foot. Over the past twelve years, the NCH has worked with homeless shelters around the country. At exactly twelve minutes past two by my wristwatch the unbearable feeling of tension collapsed, and I knew it was over. I've walked twelve miles today, and most of it on roads - busy and congested - and my feet hurt from the heavy pack and the asphalt. At age 34, and after six apartments in the past twelve years, I made a vow: No more renting. The new board will comprise twelve members, including four worker directors. Watch for the number of stores to increase dramatically in the next twelve months. In order to tailor each course to your company's requirements, we plan to confine group sizes to between four and twelve participants. Thirty-six million years ago, volcanic mudflows blocked a stream flowing through this valley, producing a lake about twelve miles long. These twelve essays examine an enormous number of aspects involved in keeping the peace and resolving conflict in troubled parts of the world. He said that he had raised this issue in the Parliament twelve or thirteen years ago. Place twelve good-quality sausages into a casserole dish. The space is largely filled with wide metal shelves, about twelve feet high and four feet deep. We have twelve olive trees, four fig trees, one pomegranate and a couple of as-yet-unidentified trees. There are two cabins, one sleeping four, the other a small trappers cabin, measuring twelve feet by sixteen feet sleeping two people. After letting it ring twelve times she threw the phone on the bed. On the ground floor the books must go twelve feet up the wall, and you can't even read the titles of the ones on the top shelf without a ladder. She has four children and twelve grandchildren. These were generally a few inches to twelve feet thick and were concentrated along a linear distance of about two miles. Synonyms dozen, zodiac Music dodecuplet rare duodecad 1.1 A group or unit of twelve people or things. 十二个人（或物）一组 Example sentencesExamples And he sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, ‘If any one would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.’ All twelve are worthy winners and any one of them could easily be chosen as the overall winner. Well done to all three who made it to the final twelve in the nationwide event. Mincepies were originally made in twelves and should be offered by a friend-they go with anything, sherry, mulled wine, tea or coffee and can be eaten at any time of day. They have 10 points out of a possible twelve and are in second position. The twelve of us must wait until tomorrow before we can retire to the jury room, discuss all that we have heard and finally reach a verdict. The number of Ollie-inspired pieces could range from a likely none to a possible twelve - stay tuned. Only twelve came to bid him farewell and as a reward he named a year after each one in the order they arrived. Of the twelve, four are particularly noteworthy. We were on Saltspring Island about a week ago and I met a man who was one of the first twelve who came in the Vietnam era. Charles really nailed it when he sang ‘Ribbon In the Sky’, a Stevie Wonder ballad, which propelled him to the final twelve. Since ancient mathematics divided things into twelves and sixes, 13 and seven have always held special significance. The other twelve were Iraqis but were not identified as such, a telling omission. When the field was reduced to the final twelve, lesser talents got knocked off one by one. After all these weeks of paring it down to the final twelve, these are the twelve? On the third occasion He sent the twelve on ahead by twos and followed after them. She is likely a shoo-in for the top twelve. Having won only one of the four rounds to date, he is now placed second from the bottom in the competition with a score of six points out of a possible twelve. The top twelve qualified for the county finals. In the hierarchy of local raja he was the most junior of the twelve in the Kei Islands, but he was able to approach the others and start a movement of customary reconciliation. 1.2 Twelve years old. 十二岁 a small blonde girl of about twelve 一个约12岁的金发小女孩。 Example sentencesExamples Padma draped her first sari at the age of twelve, the age at which girls traditionally began to wear saris when they, as she politely puts it, matured. I knew a girl when I was twelve and for some reason she was in love with him during the ‘Love, Sydney’ years. When I was ten and my sister twelve, we spent the summer in the lush Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, at Camp Chimney Rock. A window opened and a girl around the age of eleven or twelve poked her head out the window. The week's sport and fun is open to all boys and girls from the ages of eight to twelve years. Around 8 a.m., the oldest of his three offspring, all girls aged ten through twelve, would load up and head for Castries. She calls to one, a girl, probably about twelve. Ngima's father died young and at the age of twelve Ngima started work as a trekking porter to help support the family. She is a very young girl as young as twelve, who is not old enough to look after herself yet never mind a child of her own. I was only twelve then, but I did get my wish that day. Come this May, a judge's signature will be enough to allow girls as young as twelve to marry; boys have to wait until they're fourteen. She was the oldest, true, but she was also only twelve then. Girls and boys play in mixed teams until the age of twelve. Soon El Marichal ordered that the minimum conscription age be lowered to twelve. I first came to realise my mother hated me when I was only twelve. They start at 7pm and any little girl between the ages of six and twelve is welcome to join. These sessions will continue on Wednesday and Friday each week at 11 a.m. for players under the age of twelve. At the age of twelve his parents divorced and he moved to London with his father. About 35 kids between the ages of nine and twelve gather every Saturday to play rugby. Youth theatre for boys and girls aged eight to twelve years is held in Rathdowney Church of Ireland Hall on Saturdays from 2 to 4pm. 1.3 Twelve o'clock. 十二点钟 it's half past twelve 十二点半。 Example sentencesExamples Unfortunately, those three came back at five past twelve. Suddenly the clock struck twelve and the two were broken from their trance. Back to the present, quarter past twelve today, I got back to Reading to find the thing was still there. So it wasn't a very big surprise when Dustin and Justin showed up at half past twelve. The seminar ran every Wednesday from half past twelve to two o'clock in Mathematical Institute. At ten past twelve I looked at my watch and realised - oh! Byrne's World of Wonder, on the Cork Road, Waterford will be open at midnight on Friday and will commence selling the book at one second past twelve! All this occurred between twelve and one o'clock this morning. The clock struck twelve, and several guards shooed the reporters out of the castle. At half past twelve, Margot and Daddy read, and others clean. 1.4 A size of garment or other merchandise denoted by twelve. （衣服等商品的）十二号 Example sentencesExamples Well, I know she's a size twelve but, you know, erm, how exactly does that relate to, well, bikini tops? Walking was a bore and I really hated exercise so it was a surprise that I was a size twelve, if you saw the amount I could eat. It looked like a size twelve boot had crashed through the screen. It was Alexz that would never fit in mom's clothes, being the size twelve that she is. "Size twelve and a half, " the voice that belonged to Feet said. After I had my first daughter, I could wear my size ten and twelve clothes a week after she was born. Who wants to tell someone she's really a size twelve, anyway. 1.5 The twelve Apostles. 十二门徒 1.6British (of a film) classified as suitable for people of 12 years and over. 〈英〉适于十二岁及以上人观看的电影 Origin Old English twelf(e), from the base of two + a second element (probably expressing the sense 'left over'); of Germanic origin and related to Dutch twaalf and German zwölf. Compare with eleven. two from Old English: An Old English word from the same source as twain, twelve, twenty, twilight, and twin (all OE), with an ancient root shared by Latin and Greek duo, source of double (Middle English), duo (late 16th century), duplicate (Late Middle English), and other words. The formula it takes two to…appeared in the 1850s in it takes two to make a quarrel, and in the 1940s in it takes two to make a bargain (see also tango). The saying two's company, three's a crowd was originally two's company, three's none, in the 1730s. Before the British currency was decimalized in 1971 twopence or tuppence was a standard sum. To add or put in your twopenn'orth is to contribute your opinion; twopenn'orth is a contraction of twopennyworth meaning ‘an amount costing two pence’, used also for ‘a small or insignificant amount’. Rhymes delve, helve, shelve Definition of twelve in US English: twelve cardinal numbertwelvtwɛlv 1Equivalent to the product of three and four; two more than ten; 12. 12十二；十二个 he walked twelve miles 他走了12英里。 there are just twelve of us in all 我们总共只有12人。 a twelve-string guitar 12弦吉他。 Example sentencesExamples Thirty-six million years ago, volcanic mudflows blocked a stream flowing through this valley, producing a lake about twelve miles long. In order to tailor each course to your company's requirements, we plan to confine group sizes to between four and twelve participants. Place twelve good-quality sausages into a casserole dish. The creatures were roughly six feet tall standing on all four legs, and could have been at least twelve feet long. Watch for the number of stores to increase dramatically in the next twelve months. There are two cabins, one sleeping four, the other a small trappers cabin, measuring twelve feet by sixteen feet sleeping two people. At age 34, and after six apartments in the past twelve years, I made a vow: No more renting. After letting it ring twelve times she threw the phone on the bed. She stopped to rest twice but covered the entire twelve miles on foot. I've walked twelve miles today, and most of it on roads - busy and congested - and my feet hurt from the heavy pack and the asphalt. Over the past twelve years, the NCH has worked with homeless shelters around the country. These were generally a few inches to twelve feet thick and were concentrated along a linear distance of about two miles. He said that he had raised this issue in the Parliament twelve or thirteen years ago. These twelve essays examine an enormous number of aspects involved in keeping the peace and resolving conflict in troubled parts of the world. At exactly twelve minutes past two by my wristwatch the unbearable feeling of tension collapsed, and I knew it was over. The space is largely filled with wide metal shelves, about twelve feet high and four feet deep. The new board will comprise twelve members, including four worker directors. On the ground floor the books must go twelve feet up the wall, and you can't even read the titles of the ones on the top shelf without a ladder. We have twelve olive trees, four fig trees, one pomegranate and a couple of as-yet-unidentified trees. She has four children and twelve grandchildren. Synonyms dozen, zodiac 1.1 A group or unit of twelve people or things. 十二个人（或物）一组 Example sentencesExamples She is likely a shoo-in for the top twelve. In the hierarchy of local raja he was the most junior of the twelve in the Kei Islands, but he was able to approach the others and start a movement of customary reconciliation. Charles really nailed it when he sang ‘Ribbon In the Sky’, a Stevie Wonder ballad, which propelled him to the final twelve. Well done to all three who made it to the final twelve in the nationwide event. After all these weeks of paring it down to the final twelve, these are the twelve? Having won only one of the four rounds to date, he is now placed second from the bottom in the competition with a score of six points out of a possible twelve. On the third occasion He sent the twelve on ahead by twos and followed after them. Mincepies were originally made in twelves and should be offered by a friend-they go with anything, sherry, mulled wine, tea or coffee and can be eaten at any time of day. All twelve are worthy winners and any one of them could easily be chosen as the overall winner. Of the twelve, four are particularly noteworthy. When the field was reduced to the final twelve, lesser talents got knocked off one by one. They have 10 points out of a possible twelve and are in second position. We were on Saltspring Island about a week ago and I met a man who was one of the first twelve who came in the Vietnam era. The other twelve were Iraqis but were not identified as such, a telling omission. Only twelve came to bid him farewell and as a reward he named a year after each one in the order they arrived. The number of Ollie-inspired pieces could range from a likely none to a possible twelve - stay tuned. And he sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, ‘If any one would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.’ The top twelve qualified for the county finals. The twelve of us must wait until tomorrow before we can retire to the jury room, discuss all that we have heard and finally reach a verdict. Since ancient mathematics divided things into twelves and sixes, 13 and seven have always held special significance. 1.2 Twelve years old. 十二岁 a small blond girl of about twelve 一个约12岁的金发小女孩。 Example sentencesExamples She is a very young girl as young as twelve, who is not old enough to look after herself yet never mind a child of her own. At the age of twelve his parents divorced and he moved to London with his father. Ngima's father died young and at the age of twelve Ngima started work as a trekking porter to help support the family. She calls to one, a girl, probably about twelve. She was the oldest, true, but she was also only twelve then. These sessions will continue on Wednesday and Friday each week at 11 a.m. for players under the age of twelve. Padma draped her first sari at the age of twelve, the age at which girls traditionally began to wear saris when they, as she politely puts it, matured. I was only twelve then, but I did get my wish that day. A window opened and a girl around the age of eleven or twelve poked her head out the window. Youth theatre for boys and girls aged eight to twelve years is held in Rathdowney Church of Ireland Hall on Saturdays from 2 to 4pm. Girls and boys play in mixed teams until the age of twelve. Around 8 a.m., the oldest of his three offspring, all girls aged ten through twelve, would load up and head for Castries. Come this May, a judge's signature will be enough to allow girls as young as twelve to marry; boys have to wait until they're fourteen. I first came to realise my mother hated me when I was only twelve. About 35 kids between the ages of nine and twelve gather every Saturday to play rugby. Soon El Marichal ordered that the minimum conscription age be lowered to twelve. They start at 7pm and any little girl between the ages of six and twelve is welcome to join. When I was ten and my sister twelve, we spent the summer in the lush Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, at Camp Chimney Rock. The week's sport and fun is open to all boys and girls from the ages of eight to twelve years. I knew a girl when I was twelve and for some reason she was in love with him during the ‘Love, Sydney’ years. 1.3 Twelve o'clock. 十二点钟 it's half past twelve 十二点半。 Example sentencesExamples At ten past twelve I looked at my watch and realised - oh! All this occurred between twelve and one o'clock this morning. Suddenly the clock struck twelve and the two were broken from their trance. So it wasn't a very big surprise when Dustin and Justin showed up at half past twelve. The clock struck twelve, and several guards shooed the reporters out of the castle. At half past twelve, Margot and Daddy read, and others clean. Byrne's World of Wonder, on the Cork Road, Waterford will be open at midnight on Friday and will commence selling the book at one second past twelve! Unfortunately, those three came back at five past twelve. The seminar ran every Wednesday from half past twelve to two o'clock in Mathematical Institute. Back to the present, quarter past twelve today, I got back to Reading to find the thing was still there. 1.4 A size of garment or other merchandise denoted by twelve. （衣服等商品的）十二号 Example sentencesExamples "Size twelve and a half, " the voice that belonged to Feet said. Who wants to tell someone she's really a size twelve, anyway. It was Alexz that would never fit in mom's clothes, being the size twelve that she is. Walking was a bore and I really hated exercise so it was a surprise that I was a size twelve, if you saw the amount I could eat. Well, I know she's a size twelve but, you know, erm, how exactly does that relate to, well, bikini tops? It looked like a size twelve boot had crashed through the screen. After I had my first daughter, I could wear my size ten and twelve clothes a week after she was born. 1.5the Twelve The twelve Apostles. 十二门徒 Origin Old English twelf(e), from the base of two + a second element (probably expressing the sense ‘left over’); of Germanic origin and related to Dutch twaalf and German zwölf. Compare with eleven.
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