nine

number

1. 九
   9

1. NUM (数字)9
   Nine is 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
2. 打扮得绝顶漂亮;着装非常优雅
   If you say that someone is dressed up to the nines or dressed to the nines, you mean that they are wearing very smart or elegant clothes.
3. nine times out of ten → see: time

1. Alan has two children, aged eleven and nine.
   艾伦有两个孩子，分别为11岁和9岁。
2. Four of the nine starting balloons were still aloft the next day.
   9个开幕气球第二天还有4个飘在空中。
3. The ambitious project was completed in only nine months
   这个规模宏大的项目只用了9个月就完成了。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. The committee contains 11 Democrats and nine Republicans.
   这个委员会包括11名民主党人和9名共和党人。
8. She still corresponds with American friends she met in Majorca nine years ago
   她仍与9年前在马略卡岛结识的美国朋友们通信。
9. We have been cutting back a bit: we did have thirteen horses, but now it's nine.
   我们已经作了一些削减：原来我们是有13匹马，现在只有9匹。
10. The nine republics are immensely disparate in size, culture and wealth.
    这9个共和国在面积、文化和财富上迥然不同。
11. 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。
12. I've been with my girl for nine years.
    我同我女朋友交往9年了。
13. 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。
14. Gifford was a friend. I'd known him for nine years
    吉福德是我的一位朋友。我和他认识9年了。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. 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。
18. We still sighted nine yachts.
    我们还是看见了9艘游艇。
19. She reached Karachi on Monday evening, the journey having occupied three days and nine hours.
    她在星期一晚上抵达了卡拉奇，这段行程耗时3天9小时。
20. When I was nine or ten someone explained to me that when you are grown up you have to work
    我大概9岁或10岁的时候，有人跟我说人长大了就得工作。
21. 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。
22. She was the second of nine children.
    她在9个孩子中排行老二。
23. In a poll of those leaving the theatre and nine out of ten thought it was simply marvellous.
    一项对那些刚在剧院看完这场戏的观众所作的调查显示，十有八九的人都认为它简直棒极了。
24. We will be holding the auditions from nine o'clock tomorrow night so stand by for details.
    我们将于明天晚上9点开始进行拍卖，请静候详细信息。
25. The clock struck nine
    钟敲了9下。
26. He produced a handwritten list of nine men he was supposed to kill
    他拿出了一份手写的名单，上面列有9个他应该要杀死的人。
27. The couple wed late at night in front of just nine guests
    深夜这对情侣在仅有的9位宾客面前举行了婚礼。
28. I wake at 6 am as the sleeping pill doesn't work for more than nine hours
    安眠药的药效不会超过9个小时，所以我清晨6点就醒了。
29. Nine out of ten families are gone.
    十停儿人家去了九停儿。
30. Seven is two less than nine.
    9比7少2。

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
  1. 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
  1. I work nine to five.
     我九点至五点上班。
  2. 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
  1. 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

noun

1. one of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the face

   Synonym:    nine-spot

2. 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

3. the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one

   Synonym:    9IXninerNina from Carolinaennead

adj

1. denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten

   Synonym:    9ix