2.nineteen to the dozenFAST/QUICKif you talk nineteen to the dozen, you talk very quickly and without stopping 说个不停,喋喋不休
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nineteen to the dozen• Everybody except Jurnet clapped, still talking nineteen to the dozen.• Theoriesmust be abounding nineteen to the dozen.• They often went on excursions, always talking awaynineteen to the dozen.
—nineteenthadjectiveadj, pronoun
in the nineteenth century
在19世纪
her nineteenth birthday
她的19岁生日
I’m planning to leave on the nineteenth (=the 19th day of the month).
我计划19号走。
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the nineteenth• Let's have dinner on the nineteenth.
Originnineteen
Old Englishnigontiene, from nigon“nine” + tien“ten”