nine
number /naɪn/
/naɪn/
Idioms - 9
九 - There are only nine of these rare animals left.
这些珍稀动物只剩下九只了。 - nine of Sweden’s top financial experts
瑞典顶尖金融专家中的九位 - Twelve people were invited but only nine turned up.
邀请了12个人,但只有9个人出席。 - Can you lend me nine dollars?
你能借我九美元吗? - a nine-month contract
九个月的合同 - Look at page nine.
看第九页。 - Nine and one is ten.
九加一等于十。 - Two nines are eighteen.
两个九等于十八。 - I can't read your writing—is this meant to be a nine?
我看不懂你写的东西——这应该是9吗? - The bulbs are planted in sevens or nines (= groups of seven or nine).
球茎分成七个或九个组种植。 - We moved to America when I was nine (= nine years old).
我九岁的时候,我们搬到了美国。 - Shall we meet at nine (= at nine o'clock), then?
那我们九点钟见面好吗?
词源Old English nigon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch negen and German neun, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit nava, Latin novem, and Greek ennea. - There are only nine of these rare animals left.
Idioms
dressed (up) to the nines
- (informal) wearing very attractive or formal clothes
衣饰华丽;穿着讲究
have nine lives
- (especially of a cat
) to be very lucky in dangerous situations尤指猫 有九条命;命大
a nine days’ wonder
- a person or thing that makes people excited for a short time but does not last very long
昙花一现;轰动一时的人(或事物)
nine times out of ten
- almost every time
十之八九;几乎总是;差不多每次 - I'm always emailing her, but nine times out of ten she doesn't reply.
我常常给她发电邮,但十之八九她都不回复。
- I'm always emailing her, but nine times out of ten she doesn't reply.
nine to five
- the normal working hours in an office
九点至五点;正常办公时间 - I work nine to five.
我九点至五点上班。 - a nine-to-five job
一份朝九晚五的工作
- I work nine to five.
on cloud nine
- (old-fashioned, informal) extremely happy
九
possession is nine tenths of the law
- (saying) if you already have or control something, it is difficult for somebody else to take it away from you, even if they have the legal right to it
现实占有,败一胜九;占有者在诉讼中总占上风
the whole nine yards
- (informal, especially North American English) everything, or a situation which includes everything
一切;全部 - When Dan cooks dinner he always goes the whole nine yards, with three courses and a choice of dessert.
丹做饭总是做全份的:三道菜,还可选一种甜食。
- When Dan cooks dinner he always goes the whole nine yards, with three courses and a choice of dessert.