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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- eight
[eɪt]
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1.
num
八
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2.
num
see also five
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- eight
[et]
[eɪt]
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1.
adjective
八的
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This basket has eight fruits.
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篮子里有八种水果。
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2.
noun
八；8；VIII
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We've got eight people coming to dinner.
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会有八个人来我们这儿吃饭。
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Six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
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六，七，八，九，十。
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My grandfather still has a lot of seventy-eight records.
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我爷爷现在还有很多78转唱片。
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3.
noun
八个（人或物）一组（如八划手的划船队）
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The Group of Eight's meeting will be next year in Tokyo.
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明年的八国首脑会议将于东京举行。
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4.
noun
数目为八（或有八点）的东西，如方块八点的纸牌
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I have never seen before original pieces of eight.
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我以前从没见过八个瑞尔的西班牙古银币。
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5.
noun
八汽缸发动机（或汽车）
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6.
noun
8字形物，如8字形溜冰花样
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She skated a perfect figure of eight.
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她的8字花式溜冰动作堪称完美。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- eight
[eɪt]
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n
eight o'clock eight hours after noon or midnight
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2.
n
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and seven and the product of two and four - See also number
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3.
n
a numeral, 8, VIII, etc, representing this number
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4.
n
[music]
the numeral 8 used as the lower figure in a time signature to indicate that the beat is measured in quavers
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5.
n
the amount or quantity that is one greater than seven
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6.
n
something representing, represented by, or consisting of eight units, such as a playing card with eight symbols on it
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7.
n
[rowing]
a racing shell propelled by eight oarsmen
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8.
n
the crew of such a shell
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9.
n
See figure of eight
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10.
determiner
amounting to eight
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11.
determiner
(as pronoun)
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I could only find eight
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12.
determiner
[Etymology]
Old English eahta; related to Old High German ahto, Old Norse atta, Old Irish ocht, Latin octo, Greek okto, Sanskrit astau
Examples
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an eight-hour day
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八小时工作日
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Ten minus two leaves eight.
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十减二得八。
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The average price of gas is eight million dollars.
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煤气的均价是八百万美元。
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That first mark is how tall I was when I was eight and the second one when I was ten.
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那第一条痕迹是我八岁时的身高，第二条是十岁的。
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The temperature can rise up to thirty-eight degrees Celsius in summer.
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夏季气温可能升到38摄氏度。
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nciku Note
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Financial Characters
大写
dà xiě
Capitalization of Chinese numerals began in the Ming Dynasty to prevent forgeries on official documents. Today they are used in the banking and financial fields. They also appear on today’s RMB.
| Zero | 〇 | 零 | líng | | One | 一 | 壹 | yī | | Two | 二 | 贰 | èr | | Three | 三 | 叁 | sān | | Four | 四 | 肆 | sì | | Five | 五 | 伍 | wǔ | | Six | 六 | 陆 | liù | | Seven | 七 | 柒 | qī | | Eight | 八 | 捌 | bā | | Nine | 九 | 玖 | jiǔ | | Ten | 十 | 拾 | shí | | Hundred | 百 | 佰 | bǎi | | Thousand | 千 | 仟 | qiān |
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