num 八，八个(人或物) (the number or figure 8 (between 7 and 9))：Four and four is/makes/equals～. 四加四等于八。There were～of us present. 我们八个人出席。It's eight (o'clock). 现在8点。E～people came. 来了八个人。volume/book/page～第八卷/册/页;

n (1) 8字形 (symbol for this number) [C]：a figure of～in skating 8字形溜冰花式;

(2) 八个(人或物)一组(group of eight persons or things) [C];

(3) 八人的划船队，八浆划船 (crew of eight-oared racing boat) [C]： Did the Cambridge～defeat the Oxford～? 剑桥的八人船队胜了牛津的八人船队吗?

(4) 八岁 (age of eight) [U]：children of/under～八岁/八岁以下的儿童;

det (1) 八(个)的 (eight in number)：～people/books 八个人/八本书; The boy is～years old. 那个男孩八岁。

(2) 八岁的(aged 8)： My sister is～this year. 我妹妹今年八岁。

have one over the eight 喝醉的 (infml)：The fellow looks as though he has had one over the～. 那位老兄看起来好像喝醉了。

→ eighth n;adj 第八(的);eigh′teen n;adj 18(的);′eighty n;adj 80(的);′eightieth n;adj 第80(的);

【注意】eight of them 他们中的八个人(表示不只八个);the～of them 他们八个人 (表示只有八个人)。