...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.
[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; 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/
LDC
sixsix /sɪks/ ●●●S2W2 number
Word Origin
word sets
Collocations
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
[sɪks]
CET4CET6TEM4考研
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98285
19313
16260
22132
26701
13879
NUM714
2163919
Spoken:
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六(100%)
num.六,六个
n.六,六个
n.(Six)人名;(法、德)西克斯
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