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单词 nine-to-five
释义

nine /nīn/

noun
  1. The cardinal number next above eight
  2. A symbol representing that number (9, ix, etc)
  3. A set of nine things or people (such as a baseball team)
  4. A score of nine points, strokes, tricks, etc
  5. An article of a size denoted by 9
  6. A playing card with nine pips
  7. (with cap and the) the nine Muses
  8. The ninth hour after midnight or midday
  9. The age of nine years
adjective
  1. Of the number nine
  2. Nine years old
ORIGIN: OE nigon; Du negen, L novem, Gr ennea, Sans nava

nineˈfold adjective and adverb

  1. Having nine parts, in nine divisions
  2. Nine times as much

ninth /nīnth/ adjective

  1. Last of nine
  2. Next after the eighth
  3. Equal to one of nine equal parts
noun
  1. A ninth part
  2. A person or thing in ninth position
  3. An octave and a second (music)
  4. A tone at that interval (music)

nīnthˈly adverb

In the ninth place, ninth in order

nine-eleven noun

(the day of) the destruction by terrorist action of the World Trade Center in New York City on 11 September 2001

nineˈ-eyes noun

  1. A lamprey (from its seven pairs of gill-pouches)
  2. A butterfish (from its spots)

nineˈ-foot, nineˈ-inch, nineˈ-metre, nineˈ-mile, etc adjective

Measuring 9 feet, etc

nineˈ-hole adjective

(of a golf course) having nine holes, as opposed to the standard eighteen

nineˈholes singular noun

  1. A game in which a ball is to be bowled into nine holes in the ground or in a board
  2. A difficulty, fix (US)

nineˈpence noun

  1. The value of nine pennies
  2. A coin of that value
  3. A high standard of niceness, nimbleness, etc

nineˈpenny adjective

Costing, offered at, or worth ninepence

noun

A ninepence

nineˈpin noun

A bottle-shaped pin set up with eight others for the game of nineˈpins in which players bowl a ball at them (see skittle)

nineˈscore noun and adjective

Nine times twenty

nineˈ-to-five adjective

Relating to an office job with regular hours, often considered dull and routine

nine days' wonder see under wonder

ninepenny marl, ninepenny morris or nine men's morris see under meril

nine points of the law

Satisfying the majority of the legal requirements that could be raised in objection or contention, hence, virtually assured, legitimate, valid, etc

the nine worthies see under worthy

to the nines

To perfection, fully, elaborately

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