“thousand”的用法 thousand和thousands的区别
thousand和thousands的区别
一、读音不同
thousand 英[ˈθaʊznd] 美[ˈθaʊznd]
thousands 英['θaʊzndz] 美['θaʊzndz]
二、释义不同
thousand
n. 许许多多，数以千计; <数> 千位，千位数; 第一千; 1 000到9 999间的数目;
adj. 一千的， 一千个的; 许许多多的，成百上千的;
thousands
n.数千（thousand 的复数）;
三、用法不同
Thousand是“千”的意思，表示具体的一千，通常用来计算数量或金额等。例如：
1、I have a thousand dollars.我有一千美元。
2、The car cost me a thousand dollars.这辆车花费了我一千美元。
Thousands则是“成千上万”的意思，表示数量非常多，通常用来形容人群、事物等。例如：
1、Thousands of people attended the concert.成千上万的人参加了音乐会。
2、The city was evacuated due to the threat of thousands of wildfires.由于成千上万的野火的威胁，这个城市被疏散了。
四、双语例句
thousand
1、Up to a thousand prisoners may be on the loose inside the jail
监狱里可能有上千名囚犯跑出了牢房。
2、The college has five thousand teachers and students in all.
该校共有师生5千人。
3、The system produced enough energy to heat several thousand homes.
系统产生的能量足以给几千户人家供暖。
4、The damage was such that it would cost thousands to repair.
损坏严重，要修好就得花几千块钱。
5、Two thousand is a nice round number ─ put that down.
两千是个不错的整数——记下吧。
thousands
1、The damage was such that it would cost thousands to repair.
损坏严重，要修好就得花几千块钱。
2、Thousands of working days were lost through strikes last year.
去年因罢工损失了数以千计的工作日。
3、The fish lay thousands of eggs at one time.
这种鱼一次产卵数千个。
4、Thousands of people paid good money to watch the band perform.
成千上万的人花很多钱去观看这支乐队的演出。
5、Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk.
有几十万人正处于危险中。
one in a thousand
极好的人或事；不可多得
thousands of people
成千上万的人
thousands of times
几千遍,千遍万遍; 千万倍,无数次
a thousand times
几千次; 屡次,好多次
a thousand times easier than
比 ...容易千万倍
A thousand thanks [pardons,apologies].
万分感谢[对不起].
thousand-legger
n.
千足虫
thousand-legs
n.
多足类动物
thousand-miler
n.
千里衫
thousand-weight
n.
千重,十英担
(a) thousand and one
无数的,非常多(源自阿拉伯故事集《一千零一夜》)
a thousand to one
千对一,几乎绝对的,几乎可以肯定
by the thousand (=by the thousands,by thousands)
数以千计,大批大批地,论千,按千(出售等)
different in a thousand and one ways
千差万别
for the thousand and first time
无数次,三番五次
the upper ten thousand
[古、口]上流社会,贵族阶层
one in a thousand
千里挑一的人物,难得的[美好的]人[物]
thousands and tens of thousands
千千万万
thousands uponthousands
成千上万
