...a glorious career spanning more than six decades.
延续 60 余载的辉煌事业
2N-COUNT [usually singular](板球中)得 6 分的击球,以 6 分记的击球 In cricket, if a player hits a six, they score six runs by hitting the ball so that it crosses the boundary at the edge of the playing area before it touches the ground. (板球中)得 6 分的击球,以 6 分记的击球
3PHRASE [VERB inflects]使颇为不安;使受严重影响 If someone or something is hit for six or knocked for six, they are very upset or badly affected by an experience or piece of news. 使颇为不安;使受严重影响 [British, informal]
The loss of my wife hit me for six; it took me months to recover.
丧妻之痛令我彻底崩溃,几个月之后才恢复过来。
Many areas in the North were knocked for six by that first recession.
北部的许多地区在第一次大萧条中损失惨重。
4PHRASE [usually verb-link PHRASE]困惑的;混乱的;杂乱无章的 If you say that someone or something is at sixes and sevens, you mean that they are confused or disorganized. 困惑的;混乱的;杂乱无章的 [informal]
The government is at sixes and sevens over the issue of domestic security.