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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++nine·ty /ˈnaɪnti/ ●●● S3 W3 number 1. HMNthe number 90 九十2 the nineties [plural] (also the '90s, the 1990s) the years from 1990 to 1999 (二十世纪)九十年代 America was far richer in the nineties. 90年代的美国要富裕得多。the early/mid/late nineties The industry received a lot of bad publicity in the early nineties. 该行业在90年代早期受到了大量负面宣传。3 be in your nineties AGEto be aged between 90 and 99 在九十到九十九岁之间，是九十多岁early/mid/late nineties My grandfather was in his early nineties when he died. 我祖父去世的时候90岁出头。4 in the nineties if the temperature is in the nineties, it is between 90 degrees and 99 degrees 〔温度〕九十多度in the low/mid/high nineties Temperatures were still in the high nineties. 温度仍然接近100度。 —ninetieth adjective her ninetieth birthday 她的90岁生日Origin ninety Old English nigontig, from nigon “nine”
nine·ty numberChineseSyllable
ninety
nine‧ty /ˈnaɪnti/
number
2. the nineties [plural] (also the __90s, the 1990s) the years from 1990 to 1999:
America was far richer in the nineties.
the early/mid/late nineties
The industry received a lot of bad publicity in the early nineties.
3. be in your nineties to be aged between 90 and 99
early/mid/late nineties
My grandfather was in his early nineties when he died.
4. in the nineties if the temperature is in the nineties, it is between 90 degrees and 99 degrees
in the low/mid/high nineties
Temperatures were still in the high nineties.
—ninetieth adjective:
her ninetieth birthday
nine‧ty /ˈnaɪnti/
number Language: Old English
Origin: nigontig, from nigon __nine__
1. the number 90Origin: nigontig, from nigon __nine__
2. the nineties [plural] (also the __90s, the 1990s) the years from 1990 to 1999:
the early/mid/late nineties
3. be in your nineties to be aged between 90 and 99
early/mid/late nineties
4. in the nineties if the temperature is in the nineties, it is between 90 degrees and 99 degrees
in the low/mid/high nineties
—ninetieth adjective:
