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Number Sɪks Sixes Hit Knocked Sevens Informal Half

word six
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[NUM 数词](数字) 6 Six is the number 6.
  • ...a glorious career spanning more than six decades.

    延续 60 余载的辉煌事业

2
[N-COUNT 可数名词](板球中)得 6 分的击球,以 6 分记的击球 In cricket, if a player hits a six, 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.
  [usu sing]
    3
    [PHRASE 短语]使颇为不安;使受严重影响 If someone or something is hit for six or knocked for six, they are very upset or badly affected by an experience or piece of news.
      [V inflects]
      [BRIT 英]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
    • 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。

    • 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。

    4
    [PHRASE 短语]困惑的;混乱的;杂乱无章的 If you say that someone or something is at sixes and sevens, you mean that they are confused or disorganized.
      [usu v-link PHR]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
    • 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。


    Oxford six / sɪks ; NAmE sɪks / number 6 HELP  There are examples of how to use numbers at the entry for five. 数词用法示例见 five 条。 IDIOMS at ˌsixes and ˈsevens ( informal) in confusion; not well organized 乱七八糟;凌乱 be ˌsix feet ˈunder ( informal) to be dead and in a grave 入土;在九泉之下 hit/knock sb for ˈsix ( BrE) to affect sb very deeply 极大地影响某人 it's six of ˌone and half a dozen of the ˈother ( saying) used to say that there is not much real difference between two possible choices 半斤八两;不相上下 six sixes six / sɪks ; NAmE sɪks /
    LDC
    sixsix /sɪks/ ●●● S2 W2 number
    Word Origin
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    Phrases
    1the number 6:  six months ago She arrived just after six (=six o'clock). He learnt to play the violin when he was six (=six years old).2six figures/digits used to talk about a number that is between 100,000 and 1,000,000:  The final cost of the project will easily run into six figures (=be over £100,000 or $100,000).3at sixes and sevens informal disorganized and confused:  When the visitors arrived, we were still at sixes and sevens.4it’s six of one and half a dozen of the other spoken used to say that both people or groups who are involved in a situation are equally responsible for something bad that happens:  In any family quarrel, it’s usually six of one and half a dozen of the other.5knock/hit somebody for six British English spoken to affect someone strongly in a bad way:  Losing his job really knocked him for six.6[countable] a hit in cricket that scores six runs because the ball crosses the edge of the playing area before touching the ground
    WDF

    six

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    num.六,六个
    n.六,六个
    n.(Six)人名;(法、德)西克斯

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