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

• Business flourished and within six months they were earning 18,000 roubles a day
  生意红火起来，不出6个月他们就可以每天赚18,000卢布了。
• But a group of six women and 23 children got separated from the others.
  但是有一群人和其他人走散了，其中有6名妇人和23个孩子。
• He had six stitches in a head wound.
  他头上的伤口缝了6针。
• 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。
• Six hours were lost in all.
  一共浪费了6个小时。
• 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。
• Only six months ago I ran my own business. The recession put paid to that.
  仅仅6个月前我还经营着自己的公司，经济衰退让公司关了门。
• Talks aimed at producing a new world trade treaty have been under way for six years.
  旨在制定出一个新的世界贸易条约的谈判已经进行了6年。
• His release turned out to follow the pattern set by that of the other six hostages.
  最终他的获释方式也和其他6名人质的获释如出一辙。
• Three plus three makes six.
  三加三等于六。