| 释义 |
twenty-three
I. \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
: being one more than 22 in number
< twenty-three years >
— see number table
II. pronoun, plural in construction
: 23 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
< twenty-three are here >
< twenty-three were found >
III. noun
1. : three and 20
2.
a. : 23 units or objects
< a total of twenty-three >
b. : a group or set of 23
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 23
4. : the 23d in a set or series; especially : an article of clothing of the 23d size
< wears a twenty-three >
5. : a railway telegraph signal for a message of greatest urgency
6. : the end : that's all — compare twenty-three skiddoo |