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单词 figure of eight
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figure of eight
noun[C]
UK
uk
/ˌfɪɡ.ər əv ˈeɪt/us
/ˌfɪɡ.jʊr əv ˈeɪt/
pluralfigures of eight(USfigure eight)
theshapeof anumber8:
Sheskatedaperfectfigureof eight.她在冰上滑了一个优美的8字形。
Theropeswereloopedintotightfiguresof eight.
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(Definition offigure of eightfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
figure of eight
noun[C]
UK
uk
/ˌfɪɡ.ər əv ˈeɪt/us
/ˌfɪɡ.jʊr əv ˈeɪt/
pluralfigures of eight(USfigure eight)
theshapemade whendrawingan 8
8字形
Sheskatedaperfectfigureof eight.她在冰上滑了一个优美的8字形。

Examplesoffigure of eight

figure of eight
Watson recalled that the tumours were like afigureofeight, one filling the frontal cavity of my skull, the other forced through into the top of my nose.
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Exceptionally it is a closed curve like a half of thefigureofeight.
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Due to thefigureofeightmotion of the relativistically driven electrons, the backward scattered field is no longer sinusoidal but has a structure with sharp spikes.
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I was trying, so far as my bulk will permit, to exercise a very tightfigureofeightround the rules of order.
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We advanced thefigureofeight, not as an opening bid, but as a reasonable figure.
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I quoted afigureofeightmillion, of which about half worked regularly, and the other half not so regularly.
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Colleges of education currently have a student population of 9,200, or more than double thefigureofeightyears ago.
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We are not necessarily proposing afigureofeight.
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My noble friend indicated afigureofeightweeks.
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He gets up to afigureofeightwords per minute.
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A sum of £300 million of vital revenue will be lost annually, which will bring pressure for reduced services outside the golden "figureofeight" which includes the 26 towns.
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They have offset rails, and are at a height which makes it perfectly possible for people to ride in afigureofeightin order to pass through.
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He studied the behaviour of pigeons and found that, provided they were fed at key points, they could soon be taught how to walk thefigureofeight.
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Torsion results in a streptoneural nervous system, where the visceral nerves cross over in afigureofeightfashion.
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It was increased to its currentfigureofeightmembers at the 2004 election.
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