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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
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- eighth [eɪtθ]
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1.
adv
eighthly after the seventh person, position, event, etc
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2.
adj
[usually prenominal]
coming after the seventh and before the ninth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of eight: often written 8th
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3.
adj
(as noun)
- the eighth in line
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4.
n
one of eight equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
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5.
n
(as modifier)
- an eighth part
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6.
n
the fraction equal to one divided by eight (1/8)
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7.
n
another word for octave
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1.
adv
eighthly after the seventh person, position, event, etc
Examples
- He finished eighth in the race.
- 他在赛跑中获得了第八名。 → eighth
- Bob's birthday is on the eighth of December.
- 鲍勃的生日是十二月八日。 → eighth
- Max is the eighth in the row.
- 麦克斯在这行中排第八。 → eighth
- I owe the eighth part of this place.
- 这个地方有八分之一是属于我的。 → eighth
- The eighth part of 24 is 3.
- 24的八分之一是3。 → eighth
- Local police cornered him in a ward on the eighth floor of the hospital.
- 当地警察把他堵在医院八楼的病房里。 → corner
- the eighth in line → eighth
- an eighth part → eighth
- 八班
- the eighth class; class 8 → 八
- 我参加八路军时，刚跟枪一般高。
- When I joined the Eighth Route Army, I was barely the height of a rifle. → 刚
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