"Thousand" is a noun. It refers to the number 1,000. It can be used to indicate a quantity of one thousand units of something.
- There are a thousand books in the library.
It can also be used in expressions like “thousands of”, which means a very large, indefinite number. For instance, “Thousands of people attended the concert.” Additionally, in the context of numbers, it is part of the numbering system, coming after nine hundred and ninety-nine. It can be used in financial contexts, such as “The car costs five thousand dollars.”
pron. 成千上万
- Thousands of people in ShangHai who test positive for the coronavirus but have few or no symptoms are being ordered into quarantine centers.
Code is worth a thousand words. 编码胜过千言万语