umpteen: [20] Umpteen was derived from an earlier umpty. This began life as a signallers’ slang term for a ‘dash’ in morse code (like its companion iddy for ‘dot’, it was purely fanciful in origin). Its similarity to twenty, thirty, etc led to its being used for an ‘indefinitely large number’, and umpteen simply replaced the -ty suffix with -teen.
umpteen (adj.)
1917, World War I army slang, from umpty + -teen. Related: Umpteenth.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. He has produced umpteen books, plays and television series.
他推出了眾多圖書(shū)、戲劇和電視連續(xù)劇作品。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. He was interrupted by applause umpteen times.
他無(wú)數(shù)次被掌聲打斷。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. I've told this story umpteen times.
這個(gè)故事我已講了無(wú)數(shù)次了。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
4. They recounted umpteen tales of unfair treatment.