eighty
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++eigh·ty /ˈeɪti/ ●●● W3 number 1. HMNthe number 80 八十2 the eighties [plural] (also the '80s, the 1980s) the years from 1980 to 1989 (二十世纪)八十年代 The band was incredibly successful in the eighties. 这支乐队在80年代红透半边天。the early/mid/late eighties Their troubles began in the mid eighties. 他们的麻烦开始于80年代中期。3 be in your eighties to be aged between 80 and 89 在八十到八十九岁之间，是八十多岁early/mid/late eighties Hilda Simpson was a woman in her early eighties. 希尔达·辛普森是个80岁出头的妇人。4 in the eighties if the temperature is in the eighties, it is between 80 degrees and 89 degrees 〔温度〕八十多度in the low/mid/high eighties The temperature is expected to remain in the low eighties. 气温预计会保持在80度多一点。 —eightieth adjective her eightieth birthday 她的80岁生日Origin eighty Old English eahtatig, from eahta “eight”
eigh·ty numberChineseSyllable
eighty
eigh‧ty /ˈeɪti/
number
2. the eighties [plural] (also the __80s, the 1980s) the years from 1980 to 1989:
The band was incredibly successful in the eighties.
the early/mid/late eighties
Their troubles began in the mid eighties.
3. be in your eighties to be aged between 80 and 89
early/mid/late eighties
Hilda Simpson was a woman in her early eighties.
4. in the eighties if the temperature is in the eighties, it is between 80 degrees and 89 degrees
in the low/mid/high eighties
The temperature is expected to remain in the low eighties.
—eightieth adjective:
her eightieth birthday
eigh‧ty /ˈeɪti/
number Language: Old English
Origin: eahtatig, from eahta __eight__
1. the number 80Origin: eahtatig, from eahta __eight__
2. the eighties [plural] (also the __80s, the 1980s) the years from 1980 to 1989:
the early/mid/late eighties
3. be in your eighties to be aged between 80 and 89
early/mid/late eighties
4. in the eighties if the temperature is in the eighties, it is between 80 degrees and 89 degrees
in the low/mid/high eighties
—eightieth adjective:
