sixer

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the ground, for which the batting team is awarded six runs. colloquial
  2. A transgender person India
  3. A Cub Scout or Brownie who leads a group of six.
    — Many packs have a sixer's council where the sixers, and sometimes the seconds, meet with Akela and some of the other leaders.
  4. A prison sentence of six months. slang
    — 1869, A Merchant. Editor: Frank Henderson, Six Years in the Prisons of England The copper knew I did that job, and had me up on suspicion some time after, and gave me a drag (three months) over it. The next bit I did was a 'sixer' (six months), and I escaped from prison in about three weeks after I got it.
  5. A six-pack of a beverage. slang
    — Well, I'll let you get back to work. I'll swing by later on with a sixer of Melonade!
  6. A conker that has won six matches. UK
    — The history of 'oners' becoming 'sixers' through successive victories[…]

词形变化

sixers plural sixers plural

词汇关系

相关词
grade sixer

词源

词源 1
From six + -er.
词源 2
Calque of Hindi छक्का (chakkā).
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