【eight音标】 英[eɪt] 美[eɪt]
【单词释义】 eight是什么意思：
num.八；八个；第八
n.八；八人（或物）一组；八人划船队
adj.八个的
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] eights
【eight同音词】
ate v.吃；吃饭；用餐[eat的过去式]
【单词例句】
◇ So on the wedding day, a splendid carriage drove up to the door. It was drawn by eight white horses. They had white feathers on their heads and golden harnesses, and by the side of the carriage stood the prince's faithful steward, Harry.
于是在他们结婚的那一天，一辆华丽的马车开到门口。那是一辆由８匹白马所拉的马车。马头上都装饰着白色的羽毛，全身套着金色的马具，在马车的一旁站着王子的忠实仆人哈利。
---- The Frog Prince
◇ Fewer people are smoking worldwide, especially women, but only one country in eight is on track to meet a target of reducing tobacco use significantly by 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
世界卫生组织本周四（2018年5月31日）表示，全球吸烟人数特别是女性吸烟者在减少，但仅有八分之一的国家有望在2025年前实现大规模减少烟草使用的目标。
---- Tobacco use still a major cause of death
◇ Since then scientists have come to learn that snowflakes can only form into 35 different shapes. Although scientists are also unsure why exactly the various shapes of snowflake form, they have identified eight predominant shapes, with each of these eight shapes having several different variations.
之后，科学家了解到雪花只会有35种不同形状的造型。虽然科学家也不清楚雪花会形成各种各样形状的准确原因，但是他们已经确定出了雪花的8种主要形状，这8种形状中的每一种又有几种不同的变化。
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◇ They simply contribute to the massive problem of plastic pollution; eight million tons of plastic is dumped into the oceans every year.
这些吸管直接加剧了塑料污染的严重问题，每年都会有800万吨塑料被倾倒进海洋中。