six

number

/sɪks/

Idioms

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6
- There are six cookies left.
- six of Sweden’s top financial experts
- Ten people were invited but only six turned up.
- Can you lend me six dollars?
- a six-month contract
- Look at page six.
- Six and four is ten.
- Three sixes are eighteen.
- I can't read your writing—is this meant to be a six?
- The bulbs are planted in fours or sixes (= groups of four or six).
- We moved to America when I was six (= six years old).
- Shall we meet at six (= at six o'clock), then?
noun (in cricket) a hit that scores six runs (= points)Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2

Word OriginOld English siex, six, syx, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zes and German sechs, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sex and Greek hex.

Idioms

at sixes and sevens

(informal) in a confused state; not well organized
- I haven't had time to clear up, so I'm all at sixes and sevens.

be six feet under

(informal) to be dead and buried in the ground

hit/knock somebody for six

(British English) to affect somebody very deeply
- The business over the lawsuit had really knocked her for six.

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

(saying) used to say that there is not much real difference between two possible choicesTopics Preferences and decisionsc2

单词	six
释义	six number /sɪks/ /sɪks/ Idioms jump to other results 6 There are six cookies left. six of Sweden’s top financial experts Ten people were invited but only six turned up. Can you lend me six dollars? a six-month contract Look at page six. Six and four is ten. Three sixes are eighteen. I can't read your writing—is this meant to be a six? The bulbs are planted in fours or sixes (= groups of four or six). We moved to America when I was six (= six years old). Shall we meet at six (= at six o'clock), then? noun (in cricket) a hit that scores six runs (= points)Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2 Word OriginOld English siex, six, syx, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zes and German sechs, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sex and Greek hex. Idioms at sixes and sevens (informal) in a confused state; not well organized I haven't had time to clear up, so I'm all at sixes and sevens. be six feet under (informal) to be dead and buried in the ground hit/knock somebody for six (British English) to affect somebody very deeply The business over the lawsuit had really knocked her for six. it’s six of one and half a dozen of the other (saying) used to say that there is not much real difference between two possible choicesTopics Preferences and decisionsc2
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