nine

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美 [naɪn]

num.  九

中考高考CET4考研

Collins.5 / BNC.737 / COCA.1154

习惯用语

num.

have nine lives
• 有九条命；命大
  to be very lucky in dangerous situations
a nine days' wonder
• 昙花一现；轰动一时的人（或事物）
  a person or thing that makes people excited for a short time but does not last very long
nine times out of ten
• 十之八九；几乎总是；差不多每次
  almost every time
• I'm always emailing her, but nine times out of ten she doesn't reply.
  我常常给她发电邮，但十之八九她都不回复。
nine to five
• 九点至五点；正常办公时间
  the normal working hours in an office
• I work nine to five.
  我九点至五点上班。
• a nine-to-five job
  一份朝九晚五的工作
the whole nine yards
• 一切；全部
  everything, or a situation which includes everything
• When Dan cooks dinner he always goes the whole nine yards, with three courses and a choice of dessert.
  丹做饭总是全份的：三道菜，外加一道甜食。
dressed (up) to the nines
• 衣饰华丽；穿着讲究
  wearing very elegant or formal clothes
possession is nine tenths of the law
• 现实占有，败一胜九；占有者在诉讼中总占上风
  if you already have or control sth, it is difficult for sb else to take it away from you, even if they have the legal right to it

牛津词典

number

• 九
  9

柯林斯词典

• NUM (数字)9
  Nineis the number 9.
  1. We still sighted nine yachts.
     我们还是看见了9艘游艇。
  2. ...nine hundred pounds.
     900 磅
• 打扮得绝顶漂亮;着装非常优雅
  If you say that someoneis dressed up to the ninesordressed to the nines, you mean that they are wearing very smart or elegant clothes.
• nine times out of ten→ see:time

英英释义

noun

• one of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the face
  Synonym:nine-spot
• a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
  1. each club played six home games with teams in its own division
  Synonym:baseball clubball clubclub
• the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
  Synonym:9IXninerNina from Carolinaennead

adj

• denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten
  Synonym:9ix

双语例句

• Most marriages fail after between five and nine years. Nevertheless, people continue to get married.
  大部分婚姻在婚后第五至第九年间失败，然而，人们仍会选择结婚。
• He arrived with a police escort shortly before half past nine.
  快到9点半的时候，他在一名警察的护送下到达了。
• More than 30 horses have been mutilated in the last nine months
  在过去9个月里，超过30匹马受了重伤。
• At this rate they'd be lucky to get home before eight-thirty or nine.
  这样看来他们能在8点半或是9点以前到家就算幸运了。
• She vanished nine months ago while on a mercy mission to West Africa
  9个月前她在去西非的慈善之旅中消失了。
• Surgical training takes at least nine years, or 11 in the case of obstetrics
  外科至少需要9年的专业训练，产科甚至需要11年。
• She was the second of nine children.
  她在9个孩子中排行老二。
• Nine months later, those talks appear as distant as ever
  9个月以后，那些会谈似乎仍然遥遥无期。
• I played nine holes with Gary Player today.
  我今天和加里·普莱耶打了9洞高尔夫球。
• When Michael was born I was on cloud nine.
  迈克尔出生的时候，我都乐得找不着北了。