九
1、(指事。本义:数词。比八大一的基数)。
2、同本义。
古人造字以纪数,起于一,极于九,皆指事也。二三四为积画,余皆变化其体。---朱骏声《说文通训定声》
乾玄用九,乃见天则。---《易·文言》传
九者,阳之数,道之纲纪也。---《楚辞·九辨》序
天道以九制。---《管子·五行》
九伯:宋时把痴傻人叫九伯。也写作“九百”
小九九:珠算的乘法口诀;方言中比喻算计
九九:算法名。称一至九每二数相乘之数为九九;九的自乘数
九地:九种土地。
3、第九。
4、《周易》以阳爻为九。
初九,潜龙勿用。---《易·乾》
5、泛指多数,数量大。
九设攻城之机变。---《墨子·公输》
墨子九距之。
九令诸侯。---《史记·货殖列传》
宏兹九德。---唐·魏征《魏郑公文集·谏太宗十思疏》
6、时间长。
黄軦生乎九猷。---《庄子·至乐》。《释文》:九宜为久;久,老也。猷,虫名也。?
食醯黄軦(kuàng黄軦,虫名)生乎九猷。---《列子·天瑞》
7、九月。
七、八、九三个月
8、时令名。从冬至起每九天为一“九” 。如:今日进九;数九寒天;九尽寒尽。如:九九(自冬至次日起数,每九天为一九,共历八十一日,称为九九)。
9、古国名 。今河北省临漳县西南。
10、纠合,聚集。
九杂天下之川。---《庄子·天下》
该系统免费附送九套应用软件。
A further nine applications are bundled with the system.
晚间天气温和,温度约九摄氏度。
It will be a mild night, around nine degrees Celsius.
我们的女儿九个月大就会走路了。
Our daughter could walk when she was nine months old.
一段九英里长的高速公路已关闭。
A nine-mile stretch of motorway has been closed.
你九点钟前赶到那里可不容易。
You'll have your work cut out to get there by nine o'clock.
他已经获得九次奥斯卡提名。
He has had nine Oscar nominations.
他如果九点出发,现在应该到这里了。
If he started out at nine, he ought to be here by now.
风力仍在增强,接近九级。
The wind was still rising, approaching a force nine gale.
我们还是看到了九艘游艇。
We still sighted nine yachts.
我们投票表决,有九人赞同,三人反对。
When we took a vote there were nine yesses and 3 noes.
她有一份朝九晚五的工作。
She works a nine-to-five job.
九扇窗户面朝雕塑花园。
Nine windows looked out over the sculpture gardens.
重量在九到十公斤之间。
It weighed between nine and ten kilos.
我到达这里时刚过九点。
I got here just after nine.
这次行动涉及九个国家,逮捕了200人。
The operation, which spanned nine countries, resulted in 200 arrests.
除了一段短暂的和平,那场战争持续了九年。
Apart from a brief interlude of peace, the war lasted nine years.
很难相信她只有九岁。
It is hard to believe that she's only nine.
我每天九点开始工作。
I start work at nine.
她一连缺席了九天。
She was absent for nine consecutive days.
他希望提高在过去九场比赛中打进三球的纪录。
He hopes to improve on his tally of three goals in the past nine games.
尚有九宗案件待决。
Nine cases are still pending.
我九点至五点上班。
I work nine to five.
五加四等于九。
Five and four is nine.
现在是九点整。
It's exactly nine o'clock.
他虽年届九旬,但头脑仍然清晰。
Although he's ninety, his mental faculties remain unimpaired.
我费了九牛二虎之力才找到你。
I've had a devil of a job finding you.
他们在九月份的选举中大获全胜。
They emerged triumphant in the September election.
那时离九月份还有很长一段时间。
September was a long way off.
顾客若付现金,可获九折优惠。
Customers are offered a 10% discount if they pay cash.
本月他们给沙发售价统统打九折。
They're offering a 10% discount on all sofas this month.