n. 1.八的记号。 2.八人[物]一组;(八人的)赛艇选手。 3. 8字形(物);【溜冰】8字形花样。 4. 八汽缸发动机,八汽缸汽车。 5. 八点钟;八岁;八号衣服[鞋袜];(纸牌中的)8。 eight-fifteen 8点15分。 a piece of eight (西班牙从前的)8R (=8 reals) 银币。 at eight 在八点钟。 eight ball 1. 【美撞球】标有8字的黑球〔把这个球最先打进袋里,就全盘算输〕。 2. 【无线电】无定向话筒。 be behind the eight ball 〔美俚〕处境危险[非常不利]。 eight bells 【航海】八击钟〔分别在四时半、八时半及十二时半各击钟一下,其后每半小时递增一击,逢四时、八时及十二时刚好八击〕。 in eights 用八个音节的诗行。 have one over the eight 〔英俚〕醉得七颠八倒。 the Eights 牛津及剑桥两大学的划船比赛。
one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face 同义词:eight-spot,
the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one 同义词:8, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad, octonary, octet,
being one more than seven 同义词:8, viii,
例句与用法
1.
It costs me eight prime field hands . 它叫我失去八个上好的农夫。
2.
Atom number eight is called oxygen . 原子序数为8的物质叫做氧。
3.
We shall get there before eight . 我们8点以前就可以到达那里。
4.
You are supposed to be here at eight every day ... 你应该每天八点钟到这里。
5.
The matches would decide the top eight . 比赛将决出前八名。
6.
Eight of them began to relax . 其中八个人开始陶醉于想象中。
7.
Attendant : it is now nineteen minutes past eight . 服务员:现在是八点十九分。
8.
You could not cut out and steal eight head of horses ? 你不能豁出去偷8匹马吗?
9.
It looked to be about eight feet tall . 看上去有八英尺高。
10.
Eight of these returns were actually furnished . 在这些报告中有八份写得很认真。