eighth

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /eɪtθ/    美 /eɪtθ/|/eɪθ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The person or thing in the eighth position.
  2. One of eight equal parts of a whole.
    — Two bits equals two eighths of a dollar.
  3. An eighth of an ounce, or approximately 3.5 grams, of marijuana or other drugs. slang
    — At midday he’d found an ageing eighth of hash in a drawer, a little bundle of cellophane.
  4. An interval by doubling in pitch frequency.
动词 v.
  1. To divide by eight. transitive
    — The first step is to eighth the script out. See figure 3.6 overleaf. Eighthing a script is subjective.
形容词 adj.
  1. The ordinal form of the number eight. not-comparable
    — Consequently, in the initial position the white pieces and pawns are placed on the first and second ranks; the black pieces and pawns on the eighth and seventh ranks.

词形变化

eight alternative,obsolete eightth alternative,nonstandard eighths plural eight alternative,obsolete eightth alternative,nonstandard eighths present,singular,third-person eighthing participle,present eighthed participle,past eighthed past eight alternative,obsolete eightth alternative,nonstandard

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw
Proto-Indo-European *oḱtowós
Proto-Germanic *ahtudô
Proto-West Germanic *ahtudō
Old English eahtoþa
Middle English eightethe
English eighth
Inherited from Middle English eightethe, from Old English eahtoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô; equivalent to eight + -th (ordinal suffix).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw
Proto-Indo-European *oḱtowós
Proto-Germanic *ahtudô
Proto-West Germanic *ahtudō
Old English eahtoþa
Middle English eightethe
English eighth
Inherited from Middle English eightethe, from Old English eahtoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô; equivalent to eight + -th (ordinal suffix).
词源 3
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw
Proto-Indo-European *oḱtowós
Proto-Germanic *ahtudô
Proto-West Germanic *ahtudō
Old English eahtoþa
Middle English eightethe
English eighth
Inherited from Middle English eightethe, from Old English eahtoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô; equivalent to eight + -th (ordinal suffix).
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