umpteenth
美音:
[´ʌmp´ti:nθ
]英音:
[´ʌmp´ti:nθ
]adj.<口>第无数次(个)的
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umpteenth为短语/超纲词汇
umpteenth
/'ʌmpti:nθ; `ʌmp`tinθ/
pron, det
*For the umpteenth time, I tell you I don't know! 我告诉你多少次了, 我不知道!
umpteenth
adj [only before noun]
[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: umpty 'many' (a joke word) (1900-2000) + -teenth (as in thirteenth)]
if something happens for the umpteenth time, it happens again after having happened many times before - used when you are annoyed that it has happened so often
'This is crazy,' she told herself for the umpteenth time .