Word · Frequency #631
thousands
/ˈθaʊz(ə)nd/
noun
一千；千
thousands is the plural of thousand.
the number 1000 (10 × 100)
- 1.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
千,10与100的乘积
千,10与100的乘积；许许多多
In use
The charity event raised over a thousand dollars for the local library.
Thousands of birds flew south before the cold weather arrived.
She has written ten thousand words for her new novel.
Connections
Collocations
- a thousand
- 一千
- There are a thousand students in this school.这所学校有一千名学生。
- thousands of
- 数以千计的
- Thousands of birds migrate south every winter.每年冬天数以千计的鸟迁徙到南方。
- one thousand
- 一千
- The prize is one thousand dollars.奖金是一千美元。
- thousand-year
- 千年的
- This tradition has a thousand-year history.这个传统有千年的历史。
- hundreds of thousands
- 数十万的
- Hundreds of thousands of people attended the rally.数十万人参加了集会。
- several thousand
Learner notes
Memory Tip
thousand 中包含‘thou’和‘sand’，想象一千粒沙子，帮助记忆‘千’。
Context & Register
常见场景：general、counting、mathematics、everyday language thousand 作为名词表示数字1000，通常用于计数、数学或日常表达数量，情感色彩中性，没有明显的正式或非正式倾向。
Grammar Note
表示数量时通常与具体数字连用；复数形式'thousands'常与of连用表示大量。
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。
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