单词 | six |
释义 | six /siks/, n. 1. a cardinal number, five plus one. 2. a symbol for this number, as 6 or VI. 3. a set of this many persons or things. 4. a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with six pips. 5. Cricket. a hit in which the ball crosses the boundary line of the field without a bounce, counting six runs for the batsman. Cf. boundary (def. 3). 6. an automobile powered by a six-cylinder engine. 7. a six-cylinder engine. 8. at sixes and sevens, a. in disorder or confusion. b. in disagreement or dispute. adj. 9. amounting to six in number. [bef. 900; ME six, sex, OE siex, syx, seox, sex; c. D zes, LG ses, G sechs, ON sex, Goth saihs, L sex, Gk héx, Skt sas] |
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