喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can hold six simply as the plain number 6 — six things you can count on your fingers, the dots on one face of a die. Everything else here is that same 6 frozen inside a fixed English phrase, where it stops meaning 'the quantity 6' and stands for an idea instead.

可以把 six 想成最單純的數字 6——手指數得出來的六個東西、骰子一面上的六點。這個字其餘的意思，全都是同一個 6…更多收起可以把 six 想成最單純的數字 6——手指數得出來的六個東西、骰子一面上的六點。這個字其餘的意思，全都是同一個 6 被卡進英文的固定片語裡：在那些片語中它不再真的代表「六個」，而是借這個數字去講一個現成的概念（亂、打擊、平手等等）。

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用 6 標示數量級：six figures

這仍然緊貼數字本身，只是用「位數」來指一個範圍：六位數的數字落在十萬到九十九萬多之間。six 在這裡指的是「有幾位數」，是數字 6 最自然的一種延伸，還沒走進比喻。

six figures · number · A1

Used in 'six figures' to talk about a number between 100,000 and 999,999.

六位數

成語裡借 6 表達狀態與程度

這一族把數字 6 整個鎖進固定成語裡。在這些說法中，six 不再是要你去數的數量，而是借這個數字去講一個現成的意思——亂、半斤八兩、受到重擊。學的時候要把整句當成一個詞背，拆開來照字面算反而會錯。

at sixes and sevens · number · A1

Used in 'at sixes and sevens' to mean confused and not organized.

亂成一團

板球術語：得六分的一擊

這個用法把數字 6 接回它真正在算的東西——分數。在板球裡，球被打出場外得六分，這一擊就直接叫作 a six。它不是比喻，而是把「值六分」的這一打用數字本身命名，是 6 在某個運動規則下的具體化身。

a six (cricket boundary hit) · number · A1

In cricket, a hit that crosses the boundary without touching the ground, worth six runs.

（板球）六分球

Also in this word

the number 6 · number · A1

The number 6, which comes after five and before seven.

六

原始詞典資料13 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Sixname

  • 1

    A surname.

sixnum/sɪks/

  • 1

    A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This number of dots: (••••••).

    • Gunshots rang out in the capital Abuja and also in the neighboring Niger state as police lobbed tear gas to disperse defiant protesters. In Niger, at least six people are now feared dead, local media reported.

sixnoun/sɪks/

  • 1

    A group or set with six elements.

  • 2

    The digit or figure 6.

    • how about 100 then? for 100, I wanted to pay homage to the people who have been using seximal this entire time. specifically, I used the word for six sixes found in the Ndom language, "nif".
  • 3

    card-gamesgamesA playing card featuring six pips.

  • 4

    A person who is six years old.

    • The fives and sixes will have a snack first, then the older kids.
  • 5

    Six o'clock.

    • In Austria the prisoners rise at five, [...]. There are morning prayers at a quarter to six, after which the prisoners are conducted to work.
  • 6

    slanggovernmentmilitarypoliticsRear, behind (rear side of something).

    • cover my six
    • Just as having an enemy on your “six” is the hardest situation to escape, being on an enemy at six o'clock is the surest kill. Fighter pilots are always practicing maneuvers to get out from having another aircraft on their six.
  • 7

    ball-gamescricketgamesAn event whereby a batsman hits a ball which does not bounce before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 6 runs for the batting team.

    • His century featured 12 sixes.
    • England required 15 from the last over of the regular match. Ben Stokes hit a six and benefited when a throw from the deep hit him and went for four overthrows.
  • 8

    American-footballball-gamesfootballA touchdown.

另外 2 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    A bathroom or toilet.

  • 10

    obsoleteSmall beer sold at six shillings per barrel.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。