umpteen
限定词 det.
英 /ˈʌmp.tiːn/
英文释义
限定词 det.
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Relatively large but unspecified in number.
— She's taking umpteen friends with her to the party.
词源
From ump (“a colloquial name for the dash "—" in Morse code”) + -teen. Unrelated to ump as in umpire, and simply a mnemonic rhyming aid.
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