nine

英 [na?n] 美[na?n]

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復(fù)數(shù):?nines;

nine 九

來自古英語nigen,來自PIE*newn,九，詞源同noon,November.一種觀點認為該詞與PIE*newos屬于同一詞源，新的，詞源同new,novelty.因為九在古代觀念里意味著完美，頂點，同時也意味著新生，新的開始。

nine: nine: [OE] Nine is part of a general Indo- European family of ‘9’-words, which trace their ancestry back to a prehistoric *newn or *enewn. Among the descendants of these are Greek ennéa, Latin novem (source of English November), Irish nóin, Lithuanian devynì, and Russian devyat’. Its Germanic forms *niwun or *nigun have differentiated into German neun, Dutch negen, Swedish nio, Danish ni, and English nine. Noon is so called from being originally the ‘ninth’ hour.
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nine (n.): Old English nigen, from Proto-Germanic *niwun (cognates: Old Saxon nigun, Old Frisian niugun, Old Norse niu, Swedish nio, Middle Dutch neghen, Dutch negen, Old High German niun, German neun, Gothic niun "nine"), from PIE newn "nine" (cognates: Sanskrit nava, Avestan nava, Greek ennea, Albanian nende, Latin novem (with change of -n- to -m- by analogy of septem, decem), Lithuanian devnyi, Old Church Slavonic deveti (the Balto-Slavic forms by dissimilation of -n- to -d-), Old Irish noin, Welsh naw).

Nine to five "the average workday" is attested from 1935. Nine days has been proverbial since 14c. for the time which a wonder or novelty holds attention.

1. Seventy-nine voted in the affirmative, and none in the negative.: 79人投贊成票，沒有人投反對票。

3. Some supernova researchers wondered if it might be just a nine-day wonder.: 有些超新星研究者懷疑，這可能只是曇花一現(xiàn)。

5. His nine-month sentence was overturned by Appeal Court judge Lord Justice Watkins.: 上訴法院法官沃特金斯撤銷了對他作出的9個月徒刑的判決。