10 十 There are only ten of these rare animals left. 这些珍稀动物只剩下十只了。 ten of Sweden’s top financial experts 瑞典十大金融专家 Twelve people were invited but only ten turned up. 十二个人被邀请了，但只有十个人出现了。 Do you have change for ten dollars? 你有十美元的零钱吗？ a ten-month contract 十个月的合同 Look at page ten. 看第十页。 Ten and two is twelve. 十加二等于十二。 Two tens are twenty. 两个十是二十。 I can't read your writing—is this meant to be a ten? 我看不懂你写的东西——这应该是10分吗？ The bulbs are planted in sevens or tens (= groups of seven or ten). 球茎分成七个或十个一组种植。 We moved to America when I was ten (= ten years old). 我十岁的时候，我们搬到了美国。 Shall we meet at ten (= at ten o'clock), then? 那我们十点钟见面好吗？
Word OriginOld English tēn, tīen, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tien and German zehn, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit daśa, Greek deka, and Latin decem.
Idioms
ten out of ten (for something)
- (British English, often ironic)
used to say that somebody has guessed something correctly or done something very well 完全正确；得满分
ten to one
- (informal)
very probably 十之八九；非常可能
two/ten a penny (British English)
(North American English a dime a dozen)
very common and therefore not valuable 十之八九；非常可能 Teachers of history are ten a penny. 历史老师十便士。