English Dictionary

ten

/tɛn/

noun

A set or group with ten elements. / (in the plural) An inexact quantity, typically understood to be between 20 and 100. / (countable, card games) A card in a given suit with a value of ten.

I bought a set of ten pencils.

意味（1）

A set or group with ten elements.

We divided the chocolates into tens to hand out to Hallowe'en visitors.

意味（2）

(in the plural) An inexact quantity, typically understood to be between 20 and 100.

Our houses are tens of meters apart, so we don't have to worry about noise from our neighbours.

意味（3）

(countable, card games) A card in a given suit with a value of ten.

意味（4）

(countable) A denomination of currency, such as a banknote, with a value of ten units.

Can you give me two tens for this twenty?

意味（5）

(countable, US, slang) A perfect specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.

意味（6）

(countable, US, slang) A high level of intensity.

意味（7）

(countable, rowing) The act of rowing ten strokes flat out.

At the 1,000-metres post we gave a ten, which raised our lead to 1⅔ lengths; the Belgians were rowing hard, but one felt that they still had plenty of spurting power.