eight是什么意思？

eight

英[eɪt] 美[et]

• num. 八，八个，第八；
• n. 八，八人（或物）一组，八人划船队；
• adj. 八个的；

复数：eights;

例句

• It is already five past eight but only ten office workers have signed in. 已经八点五分了, 只有十个办公人员签到。
• The hands of the clock pointed to half past eight.It was time we put our children to bed. 钟的指针指在八点半上, 我们该让孩子们上床睡觉了。
• A man has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of an eight-year-old girl. 一名男子被指控谋杀了一名 8岁的女孩，现已还押候审。
• The children had to get themselves off to school as both their parents went out to work at eight o'clock. 由于父母都在八点钟去上班了, 孩子们只好自己去上学。
• My book was turned down by eight publishers. 有八家出版社拒绝出版我的书。
• The government’s majority has been whittled down to eight. 政府多数票减少到了八票。
• Grima has started to work off his eight-match suspension. 格里马开始经受被停赛八场的处罚。
• She appears promptly at eight each day. 她每天8点准时到。
• The day shift arrives[arrive] at eight o'clock. 白班工人八点钟来换班。
• Of eight starters, only three finished the race. 参赛的八名选手中, 只有三人赛完全程。

词组

• have one over the eight
  (Brit. informal)have one drink too many (英，非正式)多喝了一杯，喝醉

英语六级真题

In addition to a 16-month leave,a Swedish parent has the right to work six hours a day (for a reduced salary)until his or her child is eight years old.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
He is far less likely to take a year of parental leave and then return on a reduced work schedule for the next eight years
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
A recent Chinese survey ranks 35 American universities among the top 50, eight among the top 10.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• NUM
  （数字）8
  Eight is the number 8.
  例句
  So far eight workers have been killed. 到目前为止，已经有8名工人被杀。

英汉词典释义

• num.
  八;八个
  A full tea set like this consists of a pot and eight cups. 像这样的全套茶具由一个壶和八个杯子组成。 A guard is made of eight soldiers. 卫队由八名士兵组成。 Add two and eight and you will have ten. 2加8得10。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
• Adjective
  1. being one more than seven

行业词典

• 体育： 八人赛艇全体成员；
  物理学： 八顶点模型；eight-vertex model；