The plural form is thousand after a number, or after a word or expression referring to a number, such as ‘several’ or ‘a few’. 用在数字以及 several,a few 等表示数量的词或短语之后时,thousand 的复数形式不变。
1 NUM (数字) 1,000 A thousand or
one thousand is the number 1,000.
(数字) 1,000 2 QUANT 数千;成千上万 If you refer to
thousands of things or people, you are emphasizing that there are very many of them.
数千;成千上万 [emphasis] You can also use
thousands as a pronoun.
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