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[1] num. 十二, 十二个

[ twelv ]

1. I spent twelve hours on the train.
   我在火车上待了12小时。
2. The students' lunch period is from twelve to one.
   學生的午飯時間是十二點到一點。
3. A year has twelve months.
   一年有十二个月。
4. I bought it for about twelve dollars.
   我用12美元买的。
5. He came to Tokyo five years ago, that is to say, when he was twelve years old.
   他在五年前，也就是十二歲的時候來了東京。
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6. They eat dinner at twelve o'clock.
   他們在12點吃晚飯。
7. They have twelve children.
   他们有12个孩子。
8. She has just turned twelve.
   她刚刚十二岁了。
9. There are twelve months in a year.
   一年有十二个月。
10. The blouse costs twelve libras.
    这件衬衫卖十二英镑。
11. One year has twelve months.
    一年有十二个月。
12. The twelve stars on the flag of the European Union do not symbolize the twelve founding members of the union. They symbolize the Twelve Apostles.
    歐盟盟旗的十二顆星代表的不是創立聯盟的十二個會員國，而是十二門徒。
13. The twelve stars on the flag of the European Union do not symbolize the twelve founding members of the union. They symbolize the Twelve Apostles.
    歐盟盟旗的十二顆星代表的不是創立聯盟的十二個會員國，而是十二門徒。
14. The twelve stars on the flag of the European Union do not symbolize the twelve founding members of the union. They symbolize the Twelve Apostles.
    歐盟盟旗的十二顆星代表的不是創立聯盟的十二個會員國，而是十二門徒。
15. It was already twelve when he reached home.
    他回家的时候已经十二点了。
16. The first airplane flew in 1903 for twelve seconds.
    世上第一架飛機是在一九零三年起飛的，整個過程歷時十二秒。
17. The handyman was supposed to arrive at twelve noon, but got stuck in a traffic jam for a few hours.
    這個工人本來應該在中午十二點到達, 但他被交通堵塞困住了幾個小時。
18. The twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac come from eleven kinds of animals originating in nature, namely the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, horse, snake, monkey, rooster, dog and pig, as well as the legendary form of the dragon, and are used as a calendar.
    十二生肖是由十一種源於自然界的動物即鼠、牛、虎、兔、蛇、馬、羊、猴、雞、狗、豬以及傳說中的龍組成的，用於紀年。
19. A lot of people ask why the cat does not appear among the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac.
    很多人都會問，為什麼生肖的十二種動物裡沒有貓呢？
20. The custom of eating dumplings on New Year's Eve is related to an ancient Chinese method of measuring time; in ancient China, each day was divided into twelve sections: the beginning of each day was called 'first time', which corresponds to the period from 11pm to 1am.
    过年吃饺子的习俗和中国古代的计时法有关：中国古代把每一天分为十二个时段，每天开始是子时，相当于晚上11点到凌晨1点。
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