would never be the same again, she realized numbly. M
numbness noun [U]: pain and numbness in my fingers ta X 3/ o He was still in a state of
numbness and shock from the accident. fftARfi
tilpf&Z* o
■
verb 1 [VN] to make a part of
your body unable to feel anything, for example because of cold if.
flfcA: His fingers were numbed with the
cold.
'{&M.7 0 . 2 [VN] to make sb
unable to feel, think or react in a normal way, for example because of an
emotional shock ft 7k ; PTE! stun : We sat there in
silence, numbed by the shock of her death. 3$ d
num-ber CH*/-nAmba(r)/
noun, verb
a noun
►
WORD/SYMBOL i]i iu]; ## 1 [C] a word or symbol
that
represents an amount or a
quantity ff[ ^ ; Wt; H HT7I figure : Think of a number and multiply it by two. H ft—Aft o o a high/low number
M4&/ fkfcWL 0 even numbers (= 2, 4, 6, etc.)
jgffc o odd numbers (= 1, 3, 5, etc.) -Sr ffc o You owe me 27 dollars? Make it 30,
that’s a good round number. jffX R 27 jt
? mm 30
CARDINAL
17.(2), ORDINAL, PRIME NUMBER, WHOLE NUMBER
►
POSITION IN SERIES JrAft'lWvfi'
2
[C] (<abbr. No.) {symb #)
used before a figure to
show the position of sth in a series iijfh They live at number 26. ftfed&fe 26
R-0
0 The song reached number 5 in the charts. If" lift
►
TELEPHONE, ETC. 3 [C] (often in
compounds
% o’ ifll) a number used to identify sth or
communicate by telephone, fax,
etc. ( i&if, )'Rr5
My
phone number is 266998. R&il 2669980 0
I’m
sorry, I think you have the wrong number (= wrong telephone
number). RiUN^JTftTo 0 What is
your account number, please? if iR# A?
—
see also box number, E-number, PIN,
registration NUMBER, SERIAL NUMBER
►
QUANTITY m’> 4 [C] ~ (of sb/sth) a
quantity of people or things M. ;
A^jy^fPTo o Huge numbers of (= very many) animals have died. 0 0 A number of
(=
some)
problems have
arisen. 0
I could
give you any number of (= a lot of) reasons for not going. R „ 0 We were eight
in number (= there were eight of us). Rd^AAAt, 0 Nurses are leaving the profession
in increasing numbers.
o Sheer weight of numbers (= the large number of
soldiers) secured them
the victory, it 111 R J§ S SR 3A8£ o 0 staff/student numbers AX / dHIU A plural verb is
needed
after a/an (large, small,
etc.) number of ... A a/an ( large, small#) number of...
►
GROUP OF PEOPLE A$| 5 [sing.] {formal) a group or quantity of
people —
A ; if- ^ A : one of our number {= one of us) R/p f1 #) —*
A o The prime
minister is elected by MPs from among their number. 'i'fflUTgtiif
►
MAGAZINE ,kA 6 [C] {BrE) the version of a
magazine, etc. published on a particular day, in a particular month, etc. $];
R- HT1 issue: the
October number of ‘Vogue’
«Pf $» SR — see also back
number
►
SONG/DANCE ffy; If 7 [C] a song or dance,
especially one of several in a performance —tf jjffc, — l&ff£'§ ( Jt ta M Hi (Hj A S ) : They sang a slow romantic number. #,
dMT-trtsitramMo
►
THING ADMIRED tAl B W %
M 8 [sing.] (informal) (following one or
more adjectives R)
a thing, such as a
dress or a car, that is admired S'AH
She
was wearing a black velvet number.
►
GRAMMAR i§ 9 [U] the form of a
word, showing
whether one or more than one
person or thing is being talked about ffc ( A^*
A ) # The word ‘men’ is plural in
number. *
men Ai^J
| 1367 number
plate
II
fi A 0 0 The subject of a sentence and its verb must agree
in number. iSt0
rrafll by 'numbers following a set of
simple instructions identified by numbers SclfcAja A: painting by numbers Ifc X ilU7 If by the 'numbers {NAmk) following closely the
accepted rules for doing sth f2^ MMMM', —have (got) sb’s 'number {informal) to know what sb is really
like and what they plan to do 7&?RAEf)E*ffl; He thinks he can fool
me but I’ve got his number. ifiR/pf It
!.o your 'number is up {informal) the time has come
when you will die or lose everything -$(j EL
3\; AR] B M 'numbers game a way of considering
an activity, etc. that is concerned only with the number of people doing sth,
things achieved, etc., not with who or what they are ffcSM ( ePR&fi#AlftAfA Itt
) : MPs
were playing the numbers game as the crucial vote drew closer. mW&T$L
—more
at cushy, opposite adj., safety,
weight n. k verb
►
MAKE A SERIES J]pff 1 to give a number to
sth as part of
a series or list ; in
■ • • ^ R: [VN] All the seats in the stadium are
numbered. o
Number
the car’s features from 1 to 10 according to
importance, Uhk 1 M 10 RJ
dlo 0 [V] I couldn’t work out the numbering
system for the hotel rooms. AM A'/f It MR A I'hJiW 0
[also
VN-N]
►
MAKE STH AS TOTAL 2 [V-N] to make a
particular
number when added together
^if;
(=
there
were 20 of us in the group). Rf],&R
20 Ac
►
INCLUDE 3 ~ (sb/sth) among sth {formal) to include
sb/sth in a particular
group; to be included in a particular group & ■■■&{£; ( ) IS A: [VN] 7 number
her among my closest friends. Rffijffejf
— 0
0
[V] He numbers
among the best classical actors in
ITS1771 see day
'number
crunching noun [U] (informal) the process of calculating
numbers, especially when a large amount of data is involved and the data is
processed in a short space of time
numbered adj. having a number to show that it is part
of a series or list : The players all wear numbered shirts.
num bered account noun a bank account,
especially in a Swiss bank, that is identified only by a number and not by the
owner’s name ( Rjf ) isREA
num ber less /'nAmbalas; NAmE -barl-/ adj.
(literary) too many to be counted A ffc ; $£ 121 if Wi H771 innumerable
.number
'one noun,
adj. (informal) h noun 1 [U] the most important
or best person or thing A-RAtl ( J«tJ ) ; (
Mm® ) ; W^JA
( ) : We’re number one in the used car
business.
2 [U, C] the pop song or record that has
sold the most copies in a particular weekmimM^MftM ( sPIR
) : She’s had
three number ones. iBf-
0 The new album went straight to
number one. 3 [u]
yourself | B : Looking after number one is all she thinks about, tfa—7'RMIf § B0 4
[sing.] an
expression used especially by children or when speaking to children to talk
about passing liquid waste from the body ( R#;RJLit j$i# ) ffclk: It’s only a number one. R#7IFco — compare number two ®adj. most important or
best ||£p
: the world’s number one athlete the
number one priority If
'number plate (Br£) (NAmE 'license plate) noun a metal or plastic
plate on the front and back of a vehicle