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单词 nine-oclock
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nine o'clock in British English

(naɪn əˈklɒk)
noun
nine (sense 4)
 

nine in British English

(naɪn)
noun
1. 
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and eight
See also number (sense 1)
2. 
a numeral, 9, IX, etc, representing this number
3. 
something representing, represented by, or consisting of nine units, such as a playing card with nine symbols on it
4.  Also: nine o'clock
nine hours after noon or midnight
the play starts at nine
5.  dressed to the nines
6.  999
7.  nine to five
determiner
8. 
a. 
amounting to nine
nine days
b. 
(as pronoun)
nine of the ten are ready
▶ Related prefix: nona-
Word origin
Old English nigon; related to Gothic niun, Latin novem

Examples of 'nine o'clock' in a sentence
nine o'clock

The telephone rang in Mount Street at nine o'clock that July morning.
Townsend, Eileen IN LOVE AND WAR (2001)
At about nine o'clock, Dad came into the back room, waving a sheet of paper.
Kate Cann READY? (2001)
I never find time to eat my own breakfast before nine o'clock.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
And they've told you that they will be there between nine o'clock and three?
The Sun (2016)
When they got up to the room, it was freezing: and only nine o'clock.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
She returned at nine o'clock and the situation deteriorated further.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I went for a walk to get some quiet - at nine o'clock at night!
The Sun (2008)
And this was before the nine o'clock watershed, too.
The Sun (2008)
Come nine o'clock, he's ready for bed.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We meet a little after nine o'clock.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)

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