thousand的用法

一.表示数量,数字时：基数词 + thousand,

one thousand 一千,five thousand 五千 fifty thousand 五万,three hundred thousand 三十万

二.作形容词

成千的;许许多多的,无数的。

I've warned him a thousand times.

我警告过他无数次了。

三.作名词

1.一千;一千个

The town has a population of ten thousand.

这个镇有一万人口。

Immediately a thousand bees flew out with a thousand stingers.

带着一千根尾针的一千只蜜蜂立刻飞了出来。

A thousand people signed the petition.

一千人在请愿书上签了名。

2.数千;许许多多,无数(+of)

The flood took away thousands of lives.

洪水夺走了成千上万人的生命。

四.用复数的场合

不与具体数字连用，而是表示不确定的泛指数时，则不仅要要用复数，而且要后接介词of，然后才能接名词。

The sun was shining. Thousands of people were lying on the beach.

阳光灿烂，数以千计的人躺在海滩上。