seven

seven
cardinal number
  1. equivalent to the sum of three and four; one more than six, or three less than ten; 7(Roman numeral: vii or VII)
    7七;七个(罗马数字:vii 或 VII)
    two sevens are fourteen.
    二七一十四。
    the remaining seven were sentenced to terms of imprisonment.
    剩余七人被判监禁。
    ■a group or unit of seven people or things
    七个人(或物)一组
    animals were offered for sacrifice in sevens.
    动物七个一组献祭。
    ■seven years old
    七岁
    my mother died when I was seven.
    我七岁时母亲死了。
    ■seven o'clock
    七点钟
    the meeting doesn't finish until seven.
    会议直到七点才结束。
    ■a size of garment or other merchandise denoted by seven
    (衣服等商品的)七号
    ■a playing card with seven pips
    七点的纸牌
    ■(sevens)seven-a-side rugby
    七人制橄榄球
the seven deadly sins
  1. (in Christian tradition) the sins of pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth
the seven seas
  1. all the oceans of the world (conventionally listed as the Arctic, Antarctic, North Pacific, South Pacific, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Indian Oceans)
the seven-year itch
  1. a supposed tendency to infidelity after seven years of marriage
语源
  1. Old English seofon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zeven and German sieben, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin septem and Greek hepta
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