six

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Related topics: Numbers, Cricket

six /sɪks/ S2 W2 number

1 HMNthe number 6 六

six months ago

六个月前

She arrived just after six (=six o'clock).

她六点刚过就到了。

He learnt to play the violin when he was six (=six years old).

他六岁学拉小提琴。

2 six figures/digits used to talk about a number that is between 100,000 and 1,000,000 1,000,000 六位数

The final cost of the project will easily run into six figures (=be over £100,000 or $100,000).

这个项目的最终成本很可能要达到六位数。

3 at sixes and sevens informalCONFUSED disorganized and confused 乱七八糟，杂乱无章

When the visitors arrived, we were still at sixes and sevens.

客人到来时，我们这儿还是乱七八糟的。

4 it’s six of one and half a dozen of the other spokenSAME used to say that both people or groups who are involved in a situation are equally responsible for something bad that happens 半斤八两；双方都有错

In any family quarrel, it’s usually six of one and half a dozen of the other.

家庭争吵一般都是双方都有错。

5 knock/hit somebody for six British EnglishBrE spoken to affect someone strongly in a bad way 极大地影响某人，对某人打击很大

Losing his job really knocked him for six.

丢了工作对他打击很大。

6. DSC[countableC] a hit in cricket that scores six runs because the ball crosses the edge of the playing area before touching the ground 〔板球〕得六分的击球，六分打

Origin six

Old English

six number

Chinese

BNC: 293 COCA: 424

six

Cardinal numbers: billion, cardinal number, crore...

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