| 单词 | compound number |
| 例句 | We were in Offshore Processing Centre compound number 3 – the family compound in the Nauru detention facility – for a year and three weeks. Detained on Nauru: 'This is the most painful part of my story – when you realise no one cares' 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z They are working in compound numbers and are doing so well. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z A quantity expressed in two or more denominations is usually called a compound number or compound quantity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Use a hyphen in compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine, and in fractions according to the following examples: Twenty-three, eighty-nine; but one hundred and one. The Century Handbook of Writing The Esquimaux cannot reckon, numerically, beyond six; and their compound numbers reach no further than 21: all beyond this are called a multitude. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe |
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