umpteen
释义:“不少”,绝大多数情况下指的是一个不知道精确值,但估计在10到20之间的数量,本身是作为一个数量词使用。对应的序数词是umpteenth。
例句:
If I'm spending umpteen dollars on a little plant like this, am I going to get enough tomatoes out of it to make it cost effective?
There are umpteen examples of revisionist historians employing documents out of context, citing them only in part, or ignoring or omitting evidence contrary to their theses.
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.
---G.K. Chesterton
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