eight
/eɪt/cardinal number
1
- equivalent to the product of two and four; one more than seven, or two less than ten;8八; 八个：
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.
他们中有八个人没有工作。
(Roman numeral: viii or Ⅷ. 罗马数字： viii或Ⅷ.)
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- 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八强又迈进了一步。
1.2
- eight years old八岁：
children as young as eight.
仅有八岁的孩子们。
1.3
- eight o'clock八点钟：
the play is to begin at eight.
该剧八点钟开始。
1.4
- short for FIGURE OF EIGHT.FIGURE OF EIGHT的简称。
1.5
- a size of garment or other merchandise denoted by eight（衣服等商品的）八号。
1.6
- a playing card with eight pips八点的纸牌。
1.7
- an eight-oared rowing boat or its crew八桨的划艇; 八人的划船队。
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）。
短语
have one over the eight
- Brit. informal have one drink too many多喝了一杯, 喝醉。
词源
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.