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单词 six of the best
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best /best/

adjective
  1. (serving as superl of good) good in the highest degree
  2. First
  3. Highest
  4. Most excellent in any way
noun
  1. One's utmost endeavour, the limit of one's ability
  2. The highest perfection
  3. The most outstanding or finest example
  4. The most advantageous or largest share, part, success or lot (as in the best of the bargain, the best of three games)
  5. Best wishes (informal)
  6. One's smartest clothing
adverb
  1. (superl of well1) to the highest degree of quality, excellence, etc
  2. Better than anyone else
transitive verb (informal)

To win against, outdo or outwit

ORIGIN: OE betst, betest; see better

bestˈie noun (slang)

A best friend

bestˈ-ball adjective (golf)

Applied to foursomes, etc in which it is the lowest score at individual holes that is counted

best-before date noun

The date (stamped, etc on a package esp with the wording ‘best before (eg) 12 September’) up to which a manufacturer can guarantee the good quality of a consumer (usu food) product

best boy noun (esp N American)

The chief assistant to the head lighting electrician on a film or television production crew

best boy or best girl noun (informal)

A favourite friend of the opposite sex, a boyfriend or girlfriend

best buy noun

The most highly recommended purchase from those available

best end noun

A cut of lamb, etc from the part of the neck nearest the ribs

best maid noun (Scot)

A bridesmaid

best man noun

The groom's (male) attendant and ring-keeper at a wedding

best part noun

The larger part

bestsellˈer noun

  1. A book, etc that has sold many copies, overall or in a given season
  2. The writer of such a book

bestsellˈerdom noun

Bestsellers collectively, popular publishing

bestsellˈing adjective

Of a book, etc or author that is a bestseller

(all) for the best

Likely to have the best ultimate outcome

all the best see under all

as best one can

As well as one can

at best

Assuming the most favourable conditions

at the best of times

Even in the most favourable circumstances

for the best

  1. Done with the best of intentions or outcome
  2. See (all) for the best above

get or have the best of it

To gain the advantage in a contest

give someone best

To concede the victory to someone

had best see under have

make the best of

To obtain the best results from (a poor, unpromising, etc situation)

make the best of one's way

To go as fast as one can

put one's best foot forward see under foot

six of the best see under six

to the best of one's knowledge or belief or ability

As far as one knows, believes or is able

with the best (of them)

As successfully as anyone

six /siks/

noun
  1. The cardinal number next above five
  2. A symbol representing that number (6, vi, etc)
  3. A set of six things or people (syllables, leaves, rowers, etc)
  4. A score of six points, strokes, tricks, etc
  5. An article of a size denoted by 6
  6. A playing card with six pips
  7. A six-cylinder engine or car
  8. A division of a Brownie Guide or Cub Scout pack
  9. The sixth hour after midnight or midday
  10. The age of six years
adjective
  1. Of the number six
  2. Six years old
ORIGIN: OE siex; Ger sechs; Gaelic sè; L sex, Gr hex, Sans ṣaṣ

sixˈer noun

  1. Anything counting for six or indicated by six
  2. The leader of a Brownie Guide or Cub Scout six

sixˈfold adjective and adverb

  1. In six divisions
  2. Six times as much

sixth adjective

  1. Last of six
  2. Next after the fifth
  3. Equal to one of six equal parts
noun
  1. A sixth part
  2. A person or thing in sixth position
  3. An interval of five (conventionally called six) diatonic degrees (music)
  4. A combination of two tones separated by such an interval (music)

sixthˈly adverb

In the sixth place

sixˈ-day adjective

Of or for six days (ie usu excluding Sunday)

sixˈ-foot adjective

Measuring six feet

sixˈ-footˈer noun

A person six feet tall

sixˈ-gun noun

A six-shooter

Six Nations plural noun

A more recent grouping of N American peoples, comprising the Five Nations (qv) and the Tuscaroras

sixˈ-pack noun

  1. A pack which comprises six items sold as one unit, esp a pack of six cans of beer
  2. A set of well-defined abdominal muscles (informal)

sixˈpence noun

  1. A coin worth six old pence
  2. Its value

sixˈpenny adjective

  1. Costing or worth sixpence
  2. Cheap
  3. Worthless

noun

Formerly, a sixpenny book

sixˈscore noun and adjective

sixˈ-shooter noun

A six-chambered revolver

sixth form noun

(the classes studying in) the (usu) two years of preparation for A-level examinations in England or, in Scotland, the one year of preparation for higher level examinations and sixth-year studies

sixthˈ-form college noun

A school which provides the sixth-form education for the pupils of an area

sixthˈ-former noun

sixth sense see sense

at sixes and sevens

In disorder

hit or knock for six

  1. To overcome completely
  2. To take by surprise

long or short sixes

Candles weighing six to the pound, about 8 or 4 inches long respectively

six (of one) and half a dozen (of the other)

  1. Equal, attributable to both parties equally
  2. Having alternatives which are considered equivalent, equally acceptable, etc

six of the best (informal)

  1. Six strokes of the cane as a punishment, or a beating generally
  2. Also in extended reference to a choice of six things

the Six Counties

Northern Ireland
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