eighties
UK ['eɪ.tiz] US [-tˌiz] plural noun
■A person's eighties are the period in which they are aged between 80 and 89 八十多岁指80到89岁的时期•My grandmother is in her eighties.我祖母80多岁了。
UK ['eɪ.tiz] US [-tˌiz] plural noun
the eighties
■the range of temperature between 80° and 89° 八十多度（指华氏80到89度之间）•The temperature is expected to be in the eighties tomorrow.明天温度预测为华氏80多度。 ■the period of years between 80 and 89 in any century 八十年代•Margaret Thatcher was the British Prime Minister for most of the eighties (= between 1980 and 1989).几乎在20世纪80年代整个10年中，玛格丽特·戴卓尔都在任英国首相。 |