Number Sɪks Sixes Hit Knocked Sevens Informal Half
The word "six" refers to the numeral 6. It has specific meanings in cricket (a scoring event) and idiomatic uses like "hit for six" (to be greatly affected) and "at sixes and sevens" (to be confused or disorganized).
The word "six" is primarily the number 6. It can also refer to a score of six runs in cricket or, in phrases like "hit for six" or "at sixes and sevens," indicate being greatly upset or disorganized.
...a glorious career spanning more than six decades.
延续 60 余载的辉煌事业
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[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.
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[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.
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[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。
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[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; NAmEsɪks/number6 六HELPThere are examples of how to use numbers at the entry for five.数词用法示例见 five 条。IDIOMSat 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sixsixessix/sɪks; NAmEsɪks/
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sixsix /sɪks/ ●●●S2W2 number
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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
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six
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n.(Six)人名;(法、德)西克斯
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