ninety
ninety — 名詞
1. the number that comes after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, used when countin
九十
數字90，用於計數
the number that comes after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, used when counting or saying how many of something there are
Kevin saved ninety dollars from his summer job to buy a new bicycle.
Kevin 用暑假打工存的九十美元買了一輛新腳踏車。
quantity: ninety + countable noun (dollars)
The temperature outside reached ninety degrees by noon today.
今天中午氣溫高達華氏九十度。
measurement: ninety degrees (temperature)
Jiwoo answered ninety out of one hundred questions correctly on her exam.
Jiwoo 的考試一百題中有九十題答對了。
ratio: ninety out of [number]
My grandfather will turn ninety next month and still works in his garden every morning.
我爺爺下個月就要滿九十歲了，每天早上還在自己花園裡幹活。
age: turn ninety (years old)
The library has about ninety books about Taiwan on its second-floor shelf.
圖書館二樓的書架上大約有九十本關於臺灣的書。
- ninety percent
- ninety degrees
- ninety out of
- turn ninety
- ninety-nine
文法句型
ninety + noun (plural)
ninety out of + number
用法筆記
When writing compound numbers from ninety-one to ninety-nine as words, use a hyphen between 'ninety' and the unit (e.g., ninety-seven, ninety-two).
常見錯誤
2. the written symbol or name '90' treated as a thing — for example, a mark on a pa
數字九十
九十這個書寫符號
the written symbol or name '90' treated as a thing — for example, a mark on a page or the name of a number in a maths problem
The child drew a large ninety on the paper with a bright blue crayon.
那個小孩用亮藍色的蠟筆在紙上畫了一個大大的「九十」。
countable: a ninety (physical symbol)
If you turn a ninety upside down, it looks a lot like the number six.
如果把「九十」倒過來看，它長得很像數字六。
Obi wrote a clear ninety next to each correct answer on the test paper.
Obi 在考卷上每一題正確答案旁邊都寫了一個清楚的「九十」。
The bus driver pointed to the ninety painted on the side of the vehicle.
公車司機指著車身側面漆著的「九十」那個數字。
A small ninety was printed at the bottom of the receipt for the reference number.
收據底部印了一個小小的「九十」，當作參考編號。
passive: was printed (ninety as object)
文法句型
a ninety
the ninety
a + number + ninety
用法筆記
Unlike the cardinal sense (sense 1), this noun sense treats 'ninety' as a countable object — you can say 'a ninety' or 'the ninety'. It refers to the numeral as a physical or written thing rather than a quantity.
3. the set of whole numbers from ninety up to ninety-nine, used especially when des
九十多
從90到99的範圍
the set of whole numbers from ninety up to ninety-nine, used especially when describing a person's age, the temperature, a score, or a period of ten years in a century
Ayesha's grandmother is in her nineties and still knits sweaters for the family every winter.
Ayesha 的奶奶已經九十多歲了，每年冬天還會為家人織毛衣。
age range: in one's nineties
Temperatures in the nineties are common in Taipei during July and August.
臺北七、八月常見華氏九十幾度的高溫。
temperature range: in the nineties
Students who scored in the nineties on the test received a certificate from the school.
期末考得到九十幾分以上的學生可以從學校獲得獎狀。
score range: score in the nineties
Vivek checked the weather app and saw nineties all week.
Vivek 查了天氣軟體，看到整個禮拜都會是九十幾度。
Many people who exercise regularly stay healthy well into their nineties.
許多有規律運動習慣的人到了九十多歲仍然身體健康。
- in one's nineties
- in the nineties
- low nineties
- high nineties
- mid-nineties
文法句型
in the nineties
in one's nineties
the nineties (as a decade)
用法筆記
This sense always uses the plural form 'nineties'. The meaning changes by context: 'in one's nineties' = age 90–99; 'in the nineties' = temperature 90–99°F or the 1990s decade.
常見錯誤
同根字
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- ninety percent
- ninety degrees
- ninety-nine
常用片語
- in one's nineties
- the nineties (decade)
介系詞搭配
- in the nineties
- out of ninety