eight

eight
cardinal number
  1. equivalent to the product of two and four; one more than seven, or two less than ten; 8(Roman numeral: viii or VIII.)
    八;八个(罗马数字: viii 或 VIII.)
    a committee of eight members.
    八人委员会。
    eight were acquitted.
    八人被宣告无罪。
    eight of them were unemployed.
    他们中八个人失业了。
    ■a group or unit of eight people or things
    八人(或物)一组
    the win placed Canada closer to the final eight.
    这场胜利使加拿大队向前八强又迈进了一步。
    ■eight years old
    八岁
    children as young as eight.
    仅有八岁的孩子。
    ■eight o'clock
    八点钟
    the play is to begin at eight.
    该剧八点钟开始。
    ■short for figure of eight
    figure of eight的简称
    ■a size of garment or other merchandise denoted by eight
    (衣服等商品的)八号
    ■a playing card with eight pips
    八点的纸牌
    ■an eight-oared rowing boat or its crew
    八桨划船;八人划船队
  2. (the Eight)a group of American realist painters who exhibited together in 1908, united by a concern to involve painting with the realities of contemporary, especially urban, life. The dominant member of the group was Robert Henri
    八人画派(1908年举办集体画展的八位美国现实主义画家,他们都认为绘画不应脱离时代现实,尤其是城市和生活,其代表画家为罗伯特•亨利)
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have one over the eight
  1. (Brit. informal)have one drink too many
    (英,非正式)多喝了一杯,喝醉
语源
  1. Old English ehta, eahta, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German acht, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin octo and Greek oktō
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