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eight

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num. 八；八个；第八
adj. 八的
n. 八字形

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中文词源

eight 八

来自PIE*okto, 八，词源同eight ,October.

英英释意

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one

英文词源

eight: eight: [OE] Virtually all the ancient basic Indo- European ‘number’-words are very stable, remaining recognizably the same as they spread and developed over the millennia, and the ancestor of English eight is no exception. It was *oktō, which produced Sanskrit astáu, Latin octō (source of French huit, Italian otto, and Spanish ocho), Greek októ, and Irish ocht. Its prehistoric Germanic descendant was *akhtō, source of German and Dutch acht, Swedish åtta, and English eight.
=> october
eight (n.): late 14c., eighte, earlier ehte (c. 1200), from Old English eahta, æhta, from Proto-Germanic *akhto (cognates: Old Saxon ahto, Old Frisian ahta, Old Norse atta, Swedish åtta, Dutch acht, Old High German Ahto, German acht, Gothic ahtau), from PIE *okto(u) "eight" (cognates: Sanskrit astau, Avestan ashta, Greek okto, Latin octo, Old Irish ocht-n, Breton eiz, Old Church Slavonic osmi, Lithuanian aštuoni). From the Latin word come Italian otto, Spanish ocho, Old French oit, Modern French huit.

For spelling, see fight (v.). Meaning "eight-man crew of a rowing boat" is from 1847. The Spanish piece of eight (1690s) was so called because it was worth eight reals (see piece (n.)). Figure (of) eight as the shape of a race course, etc., attested from c. 1600. To be behind the eight ball "in trouble" (1932) is a metaphor from shooting pool. Eight hours as the ideal length of a fair working day is recorded by 1845.

考试真题

We must cut carbon emissions by 80% from their 2006 levels by 2020, stabilize the world's population at eight billion by 2040, completely remove poverty, and restore forests and soils.

Jody has a Ph.D.in nutrition, but more important, she has personal experience—her mother taught her to diet when she was only eight years old.

Jody has a Ph.D. in nutrition, but more important, she has personal experience—her mother taught her to diet when she was only eight years old.

I designed an eight-session workshop for 91 students whose math grades were declining in their first year of junior high.

But the point is the man was clocked-in at eight o'clock.

For a banquet celebrating the Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia's visit to George IV's Brighton Pavillion on Jan.18th, 1817, the menu featured 120 different dishes, highlighting eight different soups, 40 main courses, and 32 desserts.

For example, sleep duration has declined from some eight hours in the 1950s to seven in recent years.

Professor Goel already had eight teaching assistants, but that wasn't enough to deal with the overwhelming number of daily questions from students.

That's what—six to eight hundred pounds! So this time I'll need to make a lot more effort and hopefully will be successful the first time.

Twelve regions were listed as unsafe on Wednesday, on Thursday, eight remained.

with costs falling and kitchen appliances becoming "status" items, owners are throwing away microwaves after an average of eight years.

The demographics of that group looked quite different from those in the competition round—of the 16 video finalists, 13 were girls and eight were African-American students.

The practice of clocking in for an eight-hour workday is a leftover from the days of the Industrial Revolution, as reflected in the then-popular saying, Eight hours labor, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest.

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.

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

The average American spends at least eight and a half hours a day in front of a screen.

A recent Chinese survey ranks 35 American universities among the top 50, eight among the top 10.

He was kidnapped eight months ago.

But when our diverse team of researchers from six different disciplines and eight different countries began to review what was known, we were shocked that only a dozen previous studies had been done, including one we ourselves completed on language divers

I always tell people to make sure they're drinking enough fluids, which for the average person is 60 to 70 ounces a day, which translates into eight 8-ounce glasses of water or liquid per day.

If you lie in bed for eight hours, you may have rested, but you can still feel exhausted the next day.

The practice of clocking in for an eight-hour workday is a leftover from the days of the Industrial Revolution, as reflected in the then-popular saying, "Eight hours labor, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest."

A retired engineer, 76-year-old Wilson has been offering free rides to college students for the past eight years.

Babies need a lot of rest: most of them sleep about 18 hours a day! adults need about eight hours.

But the new national sleep foundation survey found that 35% of 10- to 12-year-olds get only seven or eight hours.

However, the research—involving eight groups of 32 children aged 8 to 12 — suggested that as they headed toward their teens, they became increasingly anxious online.

I understand it is eight hundred dollars a month.

Recently, we bought a twenty-eight-foot travel trailer complete with a bathroom and a built-in TV set.

Rideout's team thinks that the California condors' average survival time in the wild is now just under eight years.

She suspected that one of her three daughters —then ten, eight, and six— had picked it up, but the girls said they hadn't.

Some complain of unfriendly coworkers and feel sad for eight-hour workweeks devoted to tasks they hate.

The eight-part series, save money: good food, follows in the footsteps of itv's save money: good health, which gave viewers advice on how to get value from the vast range of health products on the market.

The transition, which flew at 1, 400 feet for eight minutes last month, can reach around 70 miles per hour on the road and 115 in the air.

We have you arriving on the 16th of september and leaving the 24th of september — altogether, eight nights.

With that, I spent eight to ten hours a day with Joe in the hospital, doing anything and everything I could to ease his discomfort.

You could apply to be a stewardship youth ranger and work on local natural resource management projects for eight weeks this summer.

Eight monumental curving staircases of granite with over 4,000 individually cast bronze balusters are capped by four skylight domes and two stained glass rotundas.

The cost of solar panels has dropped by 80 percent and the cost of wind turbines by close to one-third in the past eight years.

They housed eight adult rats with two types of robotic rat- one social and one asocial - for 5 our days.

词组搭配

have one over the eight

(Brit. informal)have one drink too many

(英，非正式)多喝了一杯，喝醉

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So far eight workers have been killed.: 到目前为止，已经有8名工人被杀。

Our family adopted a child aged eight.: 我们家领养了一个八岁的孩子.

It can take as long as eight days to rig up rope ladders and to establish supply bases before a descent can be made into a very deep cave.: 在进入一个很深的岩洞之前,光是装配绳梯和建立供应基地就需要八天之久. (makeadescent下降)

We average eight hours'work a day.: 我们每天平均工作八小时.

Covers have been laid for eight.: 已经摆了八副餐具.

Young people, full of vigour and vitality, are like the sun at eight or nine in the morning.: 青年人朝气蓬勃, 好像早晨八九点钟的太阳.

I've been on the go ever since eight o'clock this morning.: 我从早晨八点钟起就一直忙个不停.

She arrives every day at eight, as regular as clockwork.: 她每天八点钟到, 极有规律

Eight delegates voted against the motion.: 八名代表投票反对这一动议.

He then changed into overalls and spent the next eight hours as a dustman.: 然后他换上工装裤,作为清洁工人度过接下去的八小时.

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.

This table dines eight.: 这张桌子能坐八人.

The music exam has eight grades; I have passed Grade 1, the easiest.: 音乐考试分为八级, 我已通过了最容易的第一级.

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.

A guard is made of eight soldiers.: 卫队由八个士兵组成.

Traditionally piglets were weaned at eight weeks.: 小猪通常在八周时断奶.

The normal teaching load of a full professor is eight hours a week.: 正教授正常的授课是为每周八小时. vt.

Eight kilometres is roughly equivalent to five miles.: 八公里约等于五英里。

Charlie was earning eight pounds, I was earning five.: 查利赚了8英镑，我赚了5英镑。

At eight I said "I'm getting off now.": 8点钟的时候，我说“我现在要出发了。”

Mercer will have his jaw wired up tomorrow and will be sidelined for six to eight weeks.: 默瑟明天要进行下颌骨固定手术，将离开赛场6至8个星期。

He walked two hundred and sixty miles in eight days.: 他在8天里走了260英里的路。

I had to drive eight miles at rush hour.: 我得在交通高峰时间行车8英里。

The ignition of methane gas killed eight men.: 甲烷起火，致使8人丧生。

The last of the ten inmates gave themselves up after twenty eight hours on the roof of the prison.: 在监狱屋顶上坚持了28小时后,10名囚犯中的最后几个终于投降。

You could face up to eight years in jail for spreading rumours considered prejudicial to security.: 散布危害社会安全的谣言将被判入狱8年。

He also had his licence endorsed with eight penalty points.: 他的驾驶执照也被扣了8分。

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