twelve是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为num. 十二pron. /a. 十二(个， 只…)，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Steel and wood included, the entire spear is some ten or twelve feet in length; the staff is much slighter than that of the harpoon, and also of a lighter material pine.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He had walked no more than twelve miles, when night closed in again.
-- Oliver dozed off again, soon after this; when he awoke, it was nearly twelve o'clock.
-- 'I have been in the same trade, and in the same service, for twelve years since.
-- 'An hour and twelve minutes, ma'am,' replied Mr. Giles, referring to a silver watch, which he drew forth by a black ribbon.
-- said the doctor; 'well, I don't know; perhaps it's as honourable to hit a thief in a back kitchen, as to hit your man at twelve paces.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Lady Lucas quieted her fears a little by starting the idea of his being gone to London only to get a large par-ty for the ball; and a report soon followed that Mr. Bingley was to bring twelve ladies and seven gentlemen with him to the assembly.
-- The girls grieved over such a number of la-dies, but were comforted the day before the ball by hearing, that instead of twelve he brought only six with him from London his five sisters and a cousin.
-- An express came at twelve last night, just as we were all gone to bed, from Colo-nel Forster, to inform us that she was gone off to Scotland with one of his officers; to own the truth, with Wickham!
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- We crowded also as much canvas as our yards would spread, or our masts carry, to get clear; but finding the pirate gained upon us, and would certain-ly come up with us in a few hours, we prepared to fight; our ship having twelve guns, and the rogue eighteen.
-- CHAPTER III - WRECKED ON A DESERT ISLANDAFTER this stop, we made on to the southward continu-ally for ten or twelve days, living very sparingly on our provisions, which began to abate very much, and going no oftener to the shore than we were obliged to for fresh water.
-- The same day I went on board we set sail, standing away to the northward upon our own coast, with design to stretch over for the African coast when we came about ten or twelve degrees of northern latitude, which, it seems, was the man-ner of course in those days.
-- In this course we passed the line in about twelve days' time, and were, by our last observation, in seven degrees twenty-two minutes northern latitude, when a violent tornado, or hur-ricane, took us quite out of our knowledge.
-- It began from the south-east, came about to the north-west, and then set-tled in the north-east; from whence it blew in such a terrible manner, that for twelve days together we could do noth-ing but drive, and, scudding away before it, let it carry us whither fate and the fury of the winds directed; and, during these twelve days, I need not say that I expected every day to be swallowed up; nor, indeed, did any in the ship expect to save their lives.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- A party was formed this evening for going on the following day to see a very fine place about twelve miles from Barton, belonging to a brother-in-law of Colonel Brandon, without whose interest it could not be seen, as the proprietor, who was then abroad, had left strict orders on that head.
-- Dr. Davies was coming to town, and so we thought we'd join him in a post-chaise; and he behaved very genteelly, and paid ten or twelve shillings more than we did."
-- His mother explained to him her liberal designs, in case of his marrying Miss Morton; told him she would settle on him the Norfolk estate, which, clear of land-tax, brings in a good thousand a-year; offered even, when matters grew desperate, to make it twelve hundred; and in opposition to this, if he still persisted in this low connection, represented to him the certain penury that must attend the match.
-- It was then about twelve o'clock, and she returned to her sister's apartment to wait for the arrival of the apothecary, and to watch by her the rest of the night.
-- At the end of another day or two, Marianne growing visibly stronger every twelve hours, Mrs. Dashwood, urged equally by her own and her daughter's wishes, began to talk of removing to Barton.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Consequently, he arranged his hours very much to suit himself, taking now an afternoon, now an evening, but invariably returning between eleven and twelve to witness the last hour or two of the day's business and look after the closing details.
-- The rain, which threatened at twelve and began at one, served equally well to cause her to retrace her steps and remain within doors as it did to reduce Hurstwood's spirits and give him a wretched day.
-- Twelve o'clock arrived, the hour for closing, and with it the company took leave.
-- There were twelve families here, respectable enough, but nothing like the Vances.
-- They had an arrangement by which he placed twelve dollars a week in her hands, out of which to pay current expenses.
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