| 单词 | eight |
| 释义 | eight /ayt/, n. 1. a cardinal number, seven plus one. 2. a symbol for this number, as 8 or VIII. 3. a set of this many persons or things, as the crew of an eight-oared racing shell. 4. a playing card the face of which bears eight pips. 5. Informal. a. an automobile powered by an eight-cylinder engine. b. an eight-cylinder engine. adj. 6. amounting to eight in number. [bef. 1000; ME eighte, OE (e)ahta; c. D acht, OS, OHG ahto (G acht), ON atta, Goth ahtau, L octo, Gk októ, OIr ocht, Welsh wyth, Breton eiz, Tocharian B okt, Lith aštuonì, Albanian tetë, Armenian uth, Pers hasht, Skt astáu; appar. an old dual in form, but not clear of what] |
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