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.
雙語例句
1. He has produced umpteen books, plays and television series.
他推出了眾多圖書、戲劇和電視連續劇作品。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He was interrupted by applause umpteen times.
他無數次被掌聲打斷。
來自柯林斯例句
3. I've told this story umpteen times.
這個故事我已講了無數次了。
來自《權威詞典》
4. They recounted umpteen tales of unfair treatment.