Word · Frequency #143
number
给……编号；标注号码
to label or list items with numbers, or to call out a series of numbers
- 1.
To total or count; to amount to.
总计或计算；总数达到。
- 2.
To limit to a certain number; to reckon (as by fate) to be few in number.
限制在一定数量；命运注定数量少。
- 3.
To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
用数字标记(物品)；给(物品)分配编号。
- 4.
To call out and assign a series of numbers (usually to people), either for the sake of dividing into groups or for counting.
呼叫并分配一系列数字(通常是给人),以便分组或计数。
- 5.
To enumerate or list, especially while assigning numbers to.
列举或列出,尤其是在分配编号时。
- 6.
To classify or include (in a group of things).
分类或包括(在一组事物中)。
- 7.
To be classified or included (in a certain group or category of things).
被分类或包括(在某一组或类别中)。
总计为；计有；把……算作；被算入；归入；限定……的数目；使……为数不多；总计或计算；总数达到。；限制在一定数量；命运注定数量少。
In use
Number each item on the list before you start.
She numbered the tickets to make sure none were missing.
The volunteers number over 500 this year.
Verb forms
base number · third person numbers · -ing numbering · past numbered · past participle numbered
规则动词，意为'编号、计算'。
Connections
Collocations
- number among
- 属于…之列；被算作…之一
- She numbers among the best athletes in the country.她属于全国最优秀的运动员之列。
- number in the thousands
- 多达数千；以千计
- The protestors numbered in the thousands.抗议者多达数千人。
- number off
- 报数；依次报数
- The instructor asked the recruits to number off from left to right.教官让新兵从左到右报数。
- number the pages
- 给各页编上页码
- Please number the pages of your report before handing it in.交报告前，请给报告的每一页编上页码。
- days are numbered
- 时日无多；屈指可数
- With this new evidence, his days as a free man are numbered.有了这个新证据，他作为自由人的日子屈指可数了。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：给每样东西贴上数字（number）标签，就是“编号”；数人头数到某数，就是“总计为”。记住动词 number = 编号/数数。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：给物品、文件、座位等编号、统计数量或算出总数、正式分类或把某人/物归入某类 动词 number 在“给……编号/标注号码”这个意思上属中性，日常口语和书面语都用；在“总计为/计有”和“把……算作/归入”的意思上稍显正式，多用于书面或正式场合。实际使用时通常根据搭配和语境选择。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 number 押韵（/ˈnʌmbɚ/ 中 /-ʌmbɚ/ 部分相同）的有 lumber、slumber、umber、outnumber、encumber。注意 plumber 虽然拼写是 -umber，但读作 /ˈplʌmɚ/，没有 /b/ 音；numb、thumb 等形近词也不读 /b/，要当心。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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