thousand
number uk/ˈθaʊ.zənd/ us/ˈθaʊ.zənd/ thousand or thousands
A2 （数字）1000
the number 1,000
They had driven over a/one thousand miles. 他们驾车超过一千英里。
The population of the village is about three thousand. 这个村庄的人口约为三千人。
The damage will cost thousands of dollars to repair. 修复损坏的部分要花几千美元。
a thousand/thousands of somethingB2 informal 很多的，大量的，数以千计的
a large number
I have a thousand things to do before we go away. 我们去度假前，我还有很多事情要做。
the thousands 上千，几千，数千
numbers between 1,000 and 1,000,000
His latest work is expected to sell in the thousands. 他的最新作品预计可卖数千册。
- More examples
- Your essay should be no more than two thousand words long.
- Twelve thousand years ago, our ancestors were primitive savages living in caves.
- A thousand people took part in the region's biggest-ever cycle race.
- Our computer indexes several thousand new records every second.
- Accommodation needs to be found for thousands of homeless families.