999

nine hundred and ninety-nine

发音

UK /naɪn.naɪn.naɪn/
UK /trɪpəl.naɪn/
UK /naɪnz/

别名

nine nine nine triple nine nine-nine-nine

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Emergency services; emergency service personnel.

    爱尔兰 新加坡 英国 非正式 不可数
name
  1. 1.

    The telephone number for emergency services in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Burma, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Sudan, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Dominica, Kiribati, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, and the Seychelles.

    三条九

    I don't know why they couldn't just keep it as it was! How hard is it to remember 911? You mean 999... I mean 999! That's the American one! Yeah!

    When you call 999 in the UK, the operator usually answers the phone with "Emergency. Which service?"

  2. 2.

    The telephone number for law enforcement in Singapore, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Eswatini, Botswana, Tanzania, Mauritius, and Trinidad and Tobago.

  3. 3.

    The telephone number for firefighting assistance in Malawi and Tonga.

  4. 4.

    The telephone number for ambulance services in Poland.

词源

Established in the United Kingdom as the first emergency service number in the world, initially chosen because of its suitability at a time of rotary-dial telephones.

来源：wiktionary