eight
number, n
eɪt number, n
1 the number 8 八
It’s only eight days till Christmas.
离圣诞节只有八天了。
They woke at eight (=eight o’clock) .
他们是八点钟醒来的。
My parents died when I was eight (=eight years old) .
我八岁时父母就去世了。
2 a team of eight people who row a racing boat, or the boat that they row 〔划船比赛中的〕八人划船队; 八桨划船 C