【number音标】 英[ˈnʌmbə(r)] 美[ˈnʌmbər]
【单词释义】 number是什么意思：
n.数字；数量；号码；编号
v.标号；总计；把…算作
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] numbers
【关联词/派生词】
numerical adj.数字的，用数字表示的，数值的
numeral n. 数字，数量符号；数词 adj. 数的，数字的
【number形近词/近似词】
cumber vt.阻碍，妨害；使受苦 n.拖累，累赘；妨害
timber n.木材，木料；树木 vt.用木料支撑；备以木材
lumber n.木材；废旧家具，废旧大件杂物 v. 砍伐；缓慢地移动；笨重地行进
slumber n.睡眠；沉睡；蛰伏状态 v.睡眠；蛰伏
encumber vt.妨碍，阻碍，拖累
cucumber n.[U,C]黄瓜，胡瓜
limber adj.柔软的；灵活的；轻快的；敏捷的 v.（做运动）使身体灵活；做热身运动；使柔软；将接在前车上
plumber n.管子工，水暖工；水电工
【近义词解析】
◇ 数量
amount (n. 数额，数量)：普通用词，主要与表示时间、金钱、物质等的不可数名词连用。
number (n.数字;数量)：普通用词，指人或物的数目，强调数的概念。A large number of people have applied for the job.
quantity (n. 数量，数额)：主要表示某种物质的量。A large quantity of water is stored in the reservoir.
【单词例句】
◇ In an old apron she carried a number of matches, and had a bundle of them in her hands.
她那破旧的围裙兜着许多火柴，手里还拿着一小捆。
◇ He glanced, with a very critical eye, at all the flower-beds, and found that the flowers were seated quietly and demurely on their stalks, just as maidens should sit before they are engaged; but there was a great number of them, and it appeared as if his search would become very wearisome.
因此他就把她们都看了一遍。每朵花都是安静地、端庄地坐在梗子上，正如一个姑娘在没有订婚时那样坐着。可是她们的数目非常多，选择很不容易。
---- The Butterfly
◇ In response number four, I quickly become inclined to believe good things about this candidate including:
如果求职者如上回答，我很快就会认为求职者有如下特质：
---- Why do you want to work here?
◇ I asked him to hang on, but this innocent man just rang off and set out to fly from his courtyard. I dialed his number in the directory trying to ring him back, but never got through.
我请他稍等，但这个天真的人挂了电话就开始从院子里起飞。我拨打他在电话簿上的号码试图回电给他，却无法接通。
---- Strange Patent Applications
◇ A boy fell ill. His organs were damaged by the radiation of an infrared ray stove. But before the ambulance arrived, a number of other injuries happened to this unlucky boy over and over again.
有个孩子病倒了，他的体内器官被一台红外线烤炉的放射线灼伤了。但是在救护车到来前，这个不幸的孩子身上还一而再、再而三地发生了许多别的伤害。
---- First Aid
◇ Accompanied by a select number of officers of the court, among whom were the two honest men who had already admired the cloth, he went to the crafty impostors, who, as soon as they were aware of the Emperor's approach, went on working more diligently than ever; although they still did not pass a single thread through the looms.
他选了一群特别圈定的随员——其中包括已经去看过的那两位诚实的大臣。这样，他就到那两个狡猾的骗子住的地方去。这两个家伙正以全副精神织布，但是一根线的影子也看不见。
◇ Millions of brick houses and a number of dams were destroyed. Railway tracks became useless bars. Pipes in mines burst and let out smelly steam. Huge cracks trapped cyclists everywhere.
数以百万的砖房和许多水坝遭到破坏；铁路轨道都变成无用的铁条；煤矿管道纷纷爆裂，发出有臭味的蒸汽；到处都有骑车的人被巨大的裂缝陷住。
◇ China and India have the highest numbers of smokers worldwide, accounting for 307 million and 106 million, respectively, of the world's 1.1 billion adult smokers, followed by Indonesia with 74 million, WHO figures show. India also has 200 million of the world's 367 million smokeless tobacco users.
世卫组织的数据显示，全球共有11亿成年吸烟者。中国和印度的吸烟人数全球最高，分别是3.07亿人和1.06亿人。排在之后的是印度尼西亚，吸烟者有7400万人。全球共有3.67亿无烟烟草制品使用者，其中印度占了2亿。
---- Tobacco use still a major cause of death
◇ "The original basis of the number was not scientifically determined," says researcher I-Min Lee of Brigham and Women's Hospital.
布里格姆女子医院的研究员李依敏说：“这个数字的最初依据没有科学上的验证。”
---- How Many Steps You Need To Take A Day To Maintain Good Healt
◇ NASA's Russian counterpart Roscosmos has already allowed a number of private citizens at the station.
此前，俄罗斯联邦航天局已经允许几位普通民众进入空间站。