six

number

1. 六
   6

1. NUM (数字) 6
   Six is the number 6.
   1. ...a glorious career spanning more than six decades.
      延续 60 余载的辉煌事业
2. (板球中)得 6 分的击球，以 6 分记的击球
   In cricket, if a player hits a six, they score six runs by hitting the ball so that it crosses the boundary at the edge of the playing area before it touches the ground.
3. PHRASE 使颇为不安;使受严重影响
   If someone or something is hit for six or knocked for six, they are very upset or badly affected by an experience or piece of news.
   1. The loss of my wife hit me for six; it took me months to recover...
      丧妻之痛令我彻底崩溃，几个月之后才恢复过来。
   2. Many areas in the North were knocked for six by that first recession.
      北部的许多地区在第一次大萧条中损失惨重。
4. PHRASE 困惑的;混乱的;杂乱无章的
   If you say that someone or something is at sixes and sevens, you mean that they are confused or disorganized.
   1. The government is at sixes and sevens over the issue of domestic security.
      在国内安全问题上，政府一片混乱。

1. The election was held six months ahead of schedule
   选举提前了6个月举行。
2. They sat for more than six hours, and both sides agreed they had aired all their differences
   他们一起坐了六个多小时，而且双方都认为他们已经表达了所有的不同意见。
3. Their countries had been at war for nearly six weeks.
   他们的国家陷入战争状态已将近6个星期了。
4. Six months ago she would have laughed at the idea.
   要是在6个月前，她会对这个想法嗤之以鼻。
5. Business flourished and within six months they were earning 18,000 roubles a day
   生意红火起来，不出6个月他们就可以每天赚18,000卢布了。
6. His release turned out to follow the pattern set by that of the other six hostages.
   最终他的获释方式也和其他6名人质的获释如出一辙。
7. The knee and ankle joints must be immobilized — this usually means up to six weeks in plaster.
   膝关节和踝关节必须加以固定——这通常意味着要打上6个星期的石膏。
8. I'd jumped seventeen feet six in the long jump, which was a school record
   我跳远曾经跳出了17.6英尺，创造了学校纪录。
9. I jumped the last six feet down to the deck.
   最后的6英尺我一跃而下，跳到甲板上。
10. She was knifed in the back six times.
    她的背部中了6刀。
11. There were six names on the list.
    名单上有六个名字。
12. Six hours were lost in all.
    一共浪费了6个小时。
13. Only six months ago I ran my own business. The recession put paid to that.
    仅仅6个月前我还经营着自己的公司，经济衰退让公司关了门。
14. We do not pretend that the past six years have been without problems for us
    我们并不自夸在过去的6年中没有遇到任何问题。
15. Talks aimed at producing a new world trade treaty have been under way for six years.
    旨在制定出一个新的世界贸易条约的谈判已经进行了6年。
16. Six prisoners are still at large along with four dangerous recidivists.
    4个危险的惯犯和其他6名犯人仍然在逃。
17. Their sons, Ben and Jonathan, were three and six respectively
    他们的儿子，本和乔纳森，分别是3岁和6岁。
18. But a group of six women and 23 children got separated from the others.
    但是有一群人和其他人走散了，其中有6名妇人和23个孩子。
19. The doctor said it will take six weeks and I should be fine by then
    医生说需要6周时间，到那时我就会好了。
20. About six thousand people were arrested, several hundred of whom have since been released
    约6,000人被捕，后来其中的几百人又被释放了。
21. The loss of my wife hit me for six; it took me months to recover
    丧妻之痛令我彻底崩溃，几个月之后才恢复过来。
22. Many areas in the North were knocked for six by that first recession.
    北部的许多地区在第一次大萧条中损失惨重。
23. The government is at sixes and sevens over the issue of domestic security.
    在国内安全问题上，政府一片混乱。
24. He had six stitches in a head wound.
    他头上的伤口缝了6针。
25. Have you been unemployed for over six months?
    你失业有6个多月了？
26. When Ted was six we decided that he needed to know how to fasten and unfasten his seat belt
    特德六岁的时候，我们认为他得知道如何系上和解开安全带了。
27. Mark has been working in West Africa for about six months.
    马克已在西非工作了约6个月。
28. All adult dogs are routinely wormed at least every six months.
    所有的成年狗至少每半年要例行打一次虫。
29. Three plus three makes six.
    三加三等于六。

num.

at sixes and sevens

• 乱七八糟；凌乱
  in confusion; not well organized

be six feet under

• 入土；在九泉之下
  to be dead and in a grave

hit/knock sb for six

• 极大地影响某人
  to affect sb very deeply

it's six of one and half a dozen of the other

• 半斤八两；不相上下
  used to say that there is not much real difference between two possible choices

noun

1. a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips

   Synonym:    six-spot

2. the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

   Synonym:    6VIsixersiseCaptain Hickshalf a dozensextetsestetsextuplethexad

adj

1. denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units

   Synonym:    6vihalf dozenhalf-dozen