名 （小桌子） a small table；副 [书] （几乎； 近乎） nearly，almost，practically；

[例句] 对于两个七十几岁的人来说，这段路太远了。 It's a long way to go for two people in their seventies.

[例句] 他命令他们把几个枕头叠放在自己的背后。 He ordered them to stack up pillows behind his back.

[书]how much，how many，geometry ；

[例句] 许多画都是基于简单的几何图案。 Many pictures have been based on simple geometric designs.

[例句] 蜘蛛网的几何形状 the geometry of a spider's web

nearly，almost，practically，all but，feckly ；

[例句] 从事初级保健护理工作的几乎都是女性。 It is nearly always women who are the primary care givers.

[例句] 这场演出的门票也是几乎在开演前就销售一空了。 This show, too, was virtually sold out before it opened.

[数] probability，odds ；

[例句] 如果癌症在早期发现的话，存活的几率会很高。 If cancers are spotted early there'sa high chance of survival.

[例句] 通常现任官员有94%的几率会再次当选。 In general, incumbents have a 94 per cent chance of being reelected.

Guinea （国名， 在西非海岸） ；

[例句] 巴布亚新几内亚1975年脱离澳大利亚正式独立。 Papua New Guinea became independent from Australia in 1975.

[例句] “ 新几内亚人教我吃蜘蛛, ” 鲁宾逊补充说. " The New Guineans taught me to eat it, " Robinson adds.

geometry ；

[例句] 他的想法就是将几何学应用在力学上。 His idea was to apply geometry to dynamics.

[例句] 那男孩煞费苦心地钻研几何学. The boy puzzled his way through geometry.

hardly，a fat lot ；

[例句] 不幸的是，几乎不可能看到这些重大问题得到回复。 Unfortunately, there is little prospect of seeing these big questions answered.

[例句] 这样的措施非常不切实际，几乎不可能付诸实施。 Such measures would be highly impracticable and almost impossible to apply.

several，two or three ；

[例句] 他命令他们把几个枕头叠放在自己的背后。 He ordered them to stack up pillows behind his back.

[例句] 兄弟几个总是要到正午前后才姗姗来到工作室。 The brothers usually roll into their studio around midday.

dozens of; scores of；

[例句] 也许要花上几十亿卢布才能赔偿这一损失。 It may cost several billion roubles to make good the damage.

[例句] 几十个仆人迎合他所有稀奇古怪的念头。 Dozens of servants had catered to his every whim.

kiwi，apteryx ；

[例句] 看来尽管新西兰几维队很想与他签约，他仍然欢迎其他球队开价。 It seems that while the Kiwis are keen to have him, he is still open to offers.

[例句] 几维是新西兰德国鸟. The kiwi is the native bird of New Zealand.

geometrical ；

[例句] 欧几里德几何的唯一性与必要性已被公认. The common conclusion was the uniqueness and necessity of Euclidean geometry.

[例句] 非 欧几里德几何实际上是从属于欧几里德几何的. The non - Euclidena geometries were in effect subordinated to Euclidean geometry.

[医]var.，various ；

[例句] 烟囱几个几个的丛集在一起, 窗户隐没在爬山虎中. It clustered chimneys, its windows smothered in creepers.

[例句] 我敢说你从其他供应商处是得不到这样优惠的几个的. I bet you can't get such a favourable price from other suppliers.

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[例句] 她母亲把她四十几岁时穿的所有衣服都包起来烧掉了。 Her mother had bundled all her Forties clothes up and burnt them.

[例句] 史密斯先生才四十几岁. Mr. Smith is still in his forties.

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[例句] 他的散文文笔有力、内容庞杂，有时几近晦涩。 His prose is vigorous and dense, occasionally to the point of obscurity.

[例句] 这种对待金钱的过分谨慎的态度有时几近于吝啬。 This very careful attitude to money can sometimes border on meanness.

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[例句] 圣诞节前夕我收到了五十几张圣诞卡. I received 50 odd Christmas cards before Christmas Day.

[例句] 他五十几岁了. He was well into his fifties.

doit ；

[例句] 这更没出息,挣不到几文钱. This is less profitable and less dignified.

[例句] 看看我吧, 从早到晚为几文钱而辛辛苦苦地工作. Here I am, toiling and moiling from morning till night for a few pennies.

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[例句] 有谁愿意出300几尼买下这对绝世的象牙? Who would start with 300 Guineas on this magnificent pair of tusks?

a kiwi；

[例句] 几维鸟产于新西兰,常被用作该国的象征. Kiwis are found in New Zealand are also often used as the symbol of the country.

[医]chitinization ；

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