ninety
Word family nounninetiesninetyadjectiveninetieth
nine·ty /ˈnaɪnti/ ●●● S3 W3 number 2 the nineties [plural] (also the '90s, the 1990s) the years from 1990 to 1999 (二十世纪)九十年代 America was far richer in the nineties. 90年代的美国要富裕得多。
the early/mid/late nineties The industry received a lot of bad publicity in the early nineties. 该行业在90年代早期受到了大量负面宣传。
3 be in your nineties AGEto be aged between 90 and 99 在九十到九十九岁之间,是九十多岁early/mid/late nineties My grandfather was in his early nineties when he died. 我祖父去世的时候90岁出头。
4 in the nineties if the temperature is in the nineties, it is between 90 degrees and 99 degrees 〔温度〕九十多度in the low/mid/high nineties Temperatures were still in the high nineties. 温度仍然接近100度。
—ninetieth adjectiveadj her ninetieth birthday 她的90岁生日
Origin ninety Old English nigontig, from nigon “nine”