nine
英 [naɪn]
美 [naɪn]
num. 九
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.- We still sighted nine yachts.
我们还是看见了9艘游艇。 - ...nine hundred pounds.
900 磅
- We still sighted nine yachts.
- 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
- a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
- each club played six home games with teams in its own division
- the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
adj