英语词汇“sixth-form college”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

sixth-form college

释义

six /siks/

noun

The cardinal number next above five
A symbol representing that number (6, vi, etc)
A set of six things or people (syllables, leaves, rowers, etc)
A score of six points, strokes, tricks, etc
An article of a size denoted by 6
A playing card with six pips
A six-cylinder engine or car
A division of a Brownie Guide or Cub Scout pack
The sixth hour after midnight or midday
The age of six years

adjective

Of the number six
Six years old

ORIGIN: OE siex; Ger sechs; Gaelic sè; L sex, Gr hex, Sans ṣaṣ

sixˈer noun

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

sixˈfold adjective and adverb

In six divisions
Six times as much

sixth adjective

Last of six
Next after the fifth
Equal to one of six equal parts

noun

A sixth part
A person or thing in sixth position
An interval of five (conventionally called six) diatonic degrees (music)
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

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

sixˈpence noun

A coin worth six old pence
Its value

sixˈpenny adjective

Costing or worth sixpence
Cheap
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

To overcome completely
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)

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

six of the best (informal)

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

the Six Counties

Northern Ireland

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