Six
[sɪks]
解释:
(noun.) the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
(adj.) denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units .
校对:洛丽塔--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) One more than five; twice three; as, six yards.
(n.) The number greater by a unit than five; the sum of three and three; six units or objects.
(n.) A symbol representing six units, as 6, vi., or VI.
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解释:
adj. and n. five and one: a figure denoting six units (6 or vi.): a playing-card with six spots the face of a die bearing six spots or that die itself: beer sold at six shillings a barrel small beer: (pl.) in hymnology a quatrain in trochaic measure the lines of three feet or six syllables.—adj. Six′fold folded or multiplied six times.—ns. Six′footer a person six feet high; Six′pence a silver coin=six pence.—adj. Six′penny worth sixpence: cheap worthless.—ns. Six′-shoot′er a six-chambered revolver; Sixte a parry in which the hand is on guard opposite the right breast the point of the sword raised and moved a little to the right.—adjs. and ns. Six′teen six and ten; Six′teenth the sixth after the tenth.—adj. Sixth the last of six: the ordinal of six.—n. the sixth part: (mus.) an interval of four tones and a semitone or six intervals.—adv. Sixth′ly in the sixth place.—Sixth hour noon-tide.—Be at sixes and sevens to be in disorder; Long sixes candles weighing six to the pound about 8 inches long; Short sixes candles weighing six to the pound about 4 inches long.
校对:克劳斯
例句:
- Oh, at six o'clock: he keeps early hours in the country. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- The pouring of the entire house is accomplished in about six hours, and then the molds are left undisturbed for six days, in order that the concrete may set and harden. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- The shoes are then covered with a coat of rubber varnish, and are put into cars and run into the vulcanizing ovens, where they remain from six to seven hours at a temperature of about 275°. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- On succeeding days longer flights were made, one of two miles at a speed of forty-six miles an hour. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- There's as many as six, you see, to choose from. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- The horses' hoofs have bored holes in these rocks to the depth of six inches during the hundreds and hundreds of years that the castle was garrisoned. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- A highly characteristic event at the age of six is described by his sister. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Remember that six pounds a year is but a groat a day. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- In six years his royalties increased from $300 a year to over $200,000 a year. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Six weeks ago, at the American consul's, in Paris, a very quiet wedding of course, for even in our happiness we didn't forget dear little Beth. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- You'll want six,' said the dress-maker. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The slim, bare, copper wire snapped on the least provocation, and the circuit was down for thirty-six days in the first six months. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Byllesby and the late Luther Stieringer, was completed and in operation within six weeks after the placing of the order. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- This at a distance of five or six miles. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Though her nephew had had no particular reason to hasten back on her account, she had not lived above six-and-thirty hours after his return. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- Everything is so at sixes and sevens. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The least they pretended was that they were going to cut Lowick Parish into sixes and sevens. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- They won't give 'em up, said the man; there's a regular shinty in the house, and everything at sixes and sevens. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Wildeve rattled the box, and threw a pair of sixes and five points. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Venn lifted the box, and behold a triplet of sixes was disclosed. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Dostn't wish th' wast three sixes again, Grandfer, as you was when you first learnt to sing it? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
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