亲,
twenty-year-old为符合名词,实质上是一个单词;
twenty years old 为三个单词,
尽管二者的意思都是20岁,
但是twenty-year-old可以做表语、定语;
The twenty-year-old man doesn't know how to speak.
而twenty years old 一般只能作表语.
如:He is twenty years old .
亲,
twenty-year-old为符合名词,实质上是一个单词;
twenty years old 为三个单词,
尽管二者的意思都是20岁,
但是twenty-year-old可以做表语、定语;
The twenty-year-old man doesn't know how to speak.
而twenty years old 一般只能作表语.
如:He is twenty years old .