| 单词 | number nine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnumber nine 6. A size or measure denoted by nine; an object or item of clothing, esp. a shoe, of such a size. Also as number nine, size nine. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun] > types of nine1599 lily1841 beetle-crusher1860 beetle-squasher1860 spaug1910 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > other high shoea1387 patten1390 nine1599 foot glove1720 nullifier1840 mud-scow1863 sew-round1885 trilby1895 Buster Brown1904 straight1934 1599 R. Percyvall & J. Minsheu Spanish Gram. 81 The..size of shooes, as nines, tens, &c. 1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. v. sig. Iv Courtiers haue feete ath nines, and tongues ath twellues. 1869 L. M. Alcott Little Women II. xxiii. 328 I want..a paper of number nine needles, and two yards of..lavender ribbon. 1919 Outing Mar. 295/1 I wondered what the upper half of the man would look like; a pair of redoubtable number nines failed to tell much. 1986 Punch 16 July 30/1 For yonkers I've taken eights but now I'm into nines since my right foot had gotten bigger. 2001 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 17 Aug. Their latest single, Step on My Old Size Nines..is expected to fly straight into the top 10. number nine 7. The ninth of a set or series with numbered members, the one designated nine; a person or thing marked or distinguished by the number nine. Usually as number nine, or with specification, as book nine, chapter nine, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > nine > [noun] > figure representing > thing or person distinguished by nine1844 1844 Southern Lit. Messenger Mar. 171 Quoting only those portions which bear on our subject, we next come to number nine. 1867 F. E. Trollope Mabel's Progress III. 5 It is hard to say..why this especial house should have been Number Nine at all, seeing there were to be but six houses in the row. 1888 H. Morten Sketches Hosp. Life 30 Voices repeat the fact..that ‘Nine’ is going to be sent away for a change. 1904 ‘H. Foulis’ Erchie xv. 99 But watch you if he hasna a hoast and thon hectic flush that aye breaks oot in chapter nine jist aboot the time he wins the gold medal. 1966 Melody Maker 16 July 4 The group's ‘Pet Sounds’ LP—rush-released by EMI—entered the MM's best-selling LPs chart this week at number nine. 1987 S. Fiffer How to watch Baseball vi. 115 Number nine should also be a speed guy. If he can get on base with our leadoff hitter coming to the plate, a lot of things can happen. 1996 W. N. Herbert Cabaret McGonagall 64 By volume nine the scene once more acknowledged his existence, and silently unlatched the door inscribed ‘For Your Persistence’. number nine number nine n. Military slang a laxative pill frequently prescribed in the armed forces as a cure-all for minor illnesses or doubtful symptoms. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] > a medicine or medicament > officinal medicine shop-magistral1665 shop medicine1665 shop-purger1665 officinal1693 euporiston1706 shop slop1706 No. nine1911 number nine1916 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative > pill Holloway's pill1838 No. nine1911 number nine1916 blue pill2010 1916 Anzac Bk. 110 And should my health appear to fail And appetite grow fine, My doctor hands me—not a bill, But just a Number 9. 1935 G. Blake Shipbuilders xi. 339 If that wound's not healed by to-morrow it's M. and D. for you. And a Number Nine. 1946 J. Irving Royal Navalese 123 Number-nine Boatswain, the Warrant Wardmaster. As ‘King of the Sick Berth Staff’ this allusion to the No. 9 pill is not inappropriate. < as lemmas |
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