词根的派生词是，词根thou+词缀sand ，中文意思是pron. 成千上万，num. （数字）一千许许多多，数以千计千位数

例如

He was one of the few thousand committed Rastafarians in South Africa.他是南非仅有的几千名虔诚的拉斯塔法里教徒之一。

The system produced enough energy to heat several thousand homes.系统产生的能量足以给几千户人家供暖。