eighty
Word family nouneightieseightyadjectiveeightieth
eigh·ty /ˈeɪti/ ●●● W3 number 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 adjectiveadj her eightieth birthday 她的80岁生日
Origin eighty Old English eahtatig, from eahta “eight”