1827 as the years of someone's life between ages 80 and 89; from 1833 as the ninth decade of years in a given century; from 1854 with reference to Fahrenheit temperature. See eighty.
雙語例句
1. By the late eighties their number had grown fourfold.
到80年代末的時候，他們的數(shù)量已是原來的4倍。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Ford allowed the name and trademark to lapse during the Eighties.
福特在20世紀80年代廢止了該名稱和商標。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He was in his late eighties and had become the country's most respected elder statesman.
他年近九旬，已成為該國最受尊崇的政界元老。
來自柯林斯例句
4. I spent a lot of time in the early Eighties travelling between London and Bradford.
八十年代初，我有很多時間穿梭于倫敦和布拉德福德之間。
來自柯林斯例句
5. He ran a property development business in the eighties.