twelvemonth

noun

1. 十二个月；一年
   a year

1. The subject which had been so warmly canvassed between their parents, about a twelvemonth ago, was now brought forward again. As soon as ever Mr. Bingley comes, my dear, said Mrs. Bennet, you will wait on him of course.
   大约在一年以前，父母曾经热烈地争论过这个问题，如今又要旧事重提了。班纳特太太又对她丈夫说：我的好老爷，彬格莱先生一来，你一定要去拜访他呀。
2. But she is very young; she has never been taught to think on serious subjects; and for the last half year, nay, for a twelvemonth, she has been given up to nothing but amusement and vanity.
   她很年轻，又从来没有人教她应该怎样去考虑这些重大的问题；半年以来不，整整一年以来她只知道开心作乐，爱好虚荣。
3. The day of his and Lydia's departure soon came, and Mrs. Bennet was forced to submit to a separation, which, as her husband by no means entered into her scheme of their all going to Newcastle, was likely to continue at least a twelvemonth.
   转眼之间，他和丽迪雅的行期来到了，班纳特太太不得不和他们分离，而且至少要分别一年，因为班纳特先生坚决不赞同她的计划，不肯让全家都搬到纽卡斯去。
4. He has been here a twelvemonth.
   他来这里已经一年了。
5. On the stairs were a troop of little boys and girls, whoes eagerness for their cousin's appearance would not allow them to wait in the drawing-room, and whose shyness, as they had not seen her for a twelvemonth, prevented their coming lower.
   男男女女的孩子们为了急于要见到表奶，在客厅了等不及，又因为一年没见面，不好意思下楼去，便都待在楼梯口。

noun

1. a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
   1. she is 4 years old
   2. in the year 1920

   Synonym:    yearyr