six

英 [sɪks]

美 [sɪks]

num.  六

中考高考考研

Collins.5 / BNC.293 / COCA.424

习惯用语

num.

at sixes and sevens
• 乱七八糟；凌乱
  in confusion; not well organized
be six feet under
• 入土；在九泉之下
  to be dead and in a grave
hit/knock sb for six
• 极大地影响某人
  to affect sb very deeply
it's six of one and half a dozen of the other
• 半斤八两；不相上下
  used to say that there is not much real difference between two possible choices

牛津词典

number

• 六
  6

柯林斯词典

• NUM (数字) 6
  Sixis the number 6.
  1. ...a glorious career spanning more than six decades.
     延续 60 余载的辉煌事业
• (板球中)得 6 分的击球，以 6 分记的击球
  In cricket, if a player hits asix, they score six runs by hitting the ball so that it crosses the boundary at the edge of the playing area before it touches the ground.
• PHRASE 使颇为不安;使受严重影响
  If someone or somethingis hit for sixorknocked for six, they are very upset or badly affected by an experience or piece of news.
  1. The loss of my wife hit me for six; it took me months to recover...
     丧妻之痛令我彻底崩溃，几个月之后才恢复过来。
  2. Many areas in the North were knocked for six by that first recession.
     北部的许多地区在第一次大萧条中损失惨重。
• PHRASE 困惑的;混乱的;杂乱无章的
  If you say that someone or something isat sixes and sevens, you mean that they are confused or disorganized.
  1. The government is at sixes and sevens over the issue of domestic security.
     在国内安全问题上，政府一片混乱。

英英释义

noun

• a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips
  Synonym:six-spot
• the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
  Synonym:6VIsixersiseCaptain Hickshalf a dozensextetsestetsextuplethexad

adj

• denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units
  Synonym:6vihalf dozenhalf-dozen

双语例句

• The government is at sixes and sevens over the issue of domestic security.
  在国内安全问题上，政府一片混乱。
• They sat for more than six hours, and both sides agreed they had aired all their differences
  他们一起坐了六个多小时，而且双方都认为他们已经表达了所有的不同意见。
• I'd jumped seventeen feet six in the long jump, which was a school record
  我跳远曾经跳出了17.6英尺，创造了学校纪录。
• Have you been unemployed for over six months?
  你失业有6个多月了？
• Their countries had been at war for nearly six weeks.
  他们的国家陷入战争状态已将近6个星期了。
• He had six stitches in a head wound.
  他头上的伤口缝了6针。
• Three plus three makes six.
  三加三等于六。
• The knee and ankle joints must be immobilized — this usually means up to six weeks in plaster.
  膝关节和踝关节必须加以固定——这通常意味着要打上6个星期的石膏。
• She was knifed in the back six times.
  她的背部中了6刀。
• There were six names on the list.
  名单上有六个名字。