twelfth

/twelfθ/

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中文翻译

num. 第十二, 十二分之一

英文解释

n. position 12 in a countable series of things

s. coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position

常见例句

the twelfth month of the ecclesiastic year in the Jewish calendar (in February and March)

-- so called either from the color of the binding, or from the character of the contents. A book compiled in the twelfth century, containing a description of the court of exchequer of England, an official statement of the revenues of the crown, etc. A book containing details of the enormities practiced in the English monasteries and religious houses, compiled by order of their visitors under Henry VIII., to hasten their dissolution. A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw

coming next after the tenth and just before the twelfth in position

n the twelfth month of the civil year

n any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills n the flesh of fish used as food n (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces n the twelfth sign of the zodiac