quarter
四分之一;一刻钟;地区;(美式足球的)一节
把…四等分;供…住宿;使(士兵)驻扎;
变形
复数:quarters过去式:quartered过去分词:quartered现在分词:quartering第三人称单数:quarters
双语释义
- [C]四分之一 a fourth part of a whole
- [C]一刻钟,十五分钟 15 minutes before or after an hour
- [C]两角五分的硬币,四分之一元 25 cents; fourth parts of a dollar
- [C]三个月,一个季度 three months, especially used for making payments
- [P]住处,营房 accommodation, especially for soldiers
- [C]方向; 地区,城镇的一部分 direction; district; part of a town
- [C]人,团体 person or group of people
- [C]上弦或下弦; 太阴月的四分之一 one fourth of a lunar month; position of the moon at the end of the first and third of these
- [U]慈悲,宽恕 mercy shown towards an enemy who has surrendered or to an opponent who is in one's power
- vt. 把…四等分 cut or divide into four parts
- vt. 使(士兵)驻扎,供…住宿 provide lodgings for (especially soldiers)
英英释义
quarter[ 'kwɔ:tə ]
- n.
- one of four equal parts
"a quarter of a pound"
同义词:one-fourthfourthfourth parttwenty-five percentquartern
- a district of a city having some distinguishing character
- one of four periods of play into which some games are divided
"both teams scored in the first quarter"
- a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
"it's a quarter til 4"; "a quarter after 4 o'clock"
- one of four periods into which the school year is divided
"the fall quarter ends at Christmas"
- a fourth part of a year; three months
"unemployment fell during the last quarter"
- one of the four major division of the compass
"the wind is coming from that quarter"
- a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
- a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
- a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar
"he fed four quarters into the slot machine"
- an unspecified person
"he dropped a word in the right quarter"
- the rear part of a ship
同义词:sternafter partpooptail
- piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
- clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
"he surrendered but asked for quarter"
- one of four equal parts
- v.
- provide housing for (military personnel)
同义词:billetcanton
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
"in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"
同义词:drawdraw and quarter
- divide into quarters
"quarter an apple"
- divide by four; divide into quarters
- provide housing for (military personnel)
词汇搭配
- ask for quarter请求饶命
- cut into the quarters切成四等份
- cut up the quarters切成四等份
- find quarters找到住处
- give quarter饶恕,饶命
- provide quarters提供住处
- receive quarter得到宽恕,被免一死
- share quarters with sb和某人住在一起
- show quarter表示宽恕
- take up one's quarters住下
- certain quarter某一地区
- close quarters狭窄的寓所
- comfortable quarters舒适的住处
- living quarters住处
- slum quarters贫民区
- suitable quarters适当的住处
- wealthy quarters富人居住区
- working-class quarters工人住宅区
- business quarters商务区
- shopping quarters商业区
- winter quarters冬季住房
- summer quarters夏季住房
- at close quarters逼近,接近
- from all quarters来自各方
- from every quarter从四面八方
- in quarters在寓所里
- in some quarter在某个地区
- on the quarter每隔15分钟
- a quarter after three〈美〉三点一刻
- a quarter of a mile四分之一英里
- a quarter of an hour一刻钟
- a quarter past three三点一刻
- a quarter to ten九点三刻
- certain quarter in the town市镇的某地区
- every quarter of the globe世界各地
- quarter of the moon弦月
- quarter an apple把一个苹果四等分
- quarter oneself on投宿在…
- quarter oneself with sb和某人一起住
词组短语
first quarter第一个季度;上弦月;上弦
fourth quarter第四季度;第四节
a quarter of四分之一的;四分之一
one quarter num. 四分之一
residential quarter居住小区,住宅区
last quarter n. 最后一个季度;下弦月;下弦月至新月间之时间
at close quarters接近地
living quarter住舱;生活块;居住区
quarter century四分之一世纪
on the quarter【航海学】在船侧后半部,在船尾部
from every quarter 从各处…, 从四面八方…[亦作 from all quarters]
in every quarter 在各处,到处[亦作 in all quarters]
同近义词辨析
这组词都有“地区”的意思,其区别是:
region普通用词,常指地球上、大气中具有自然分界线的区域,特指按照气候、人体或其他特征鲜明、自成一体的地区。
area普通用词,指整体中较大的,界线不分明的一部分。
districk多指由政府等机构出于行政管理等目的而明确划分的地区。
belt从本义“带,带状物”引申而指任何广阔的长条地带,也可指种植某种作物的地区。
neighbourhood指比section的划定更清楚,范围更小。具体指城市中的住宅区,也可指附近一带。
zone科技用词,指圆形或弧形地带,尤指地图上按温度划分的五个地带。用作一般意义时,也可指具有某种特征的其它地区。
section普通用词,指城市、国家或天然界线形成的地区。
quarter指城市里具有相同性质或独特风味的地区,比section范围小,但划分更精确。
双语例句
- Only a quarter of the earth is land.
仅仅地球的四分之一是陆地。 - It's a quarter past ten.
现在是十点一刻。 - The flight was put off about a quarter, because of ground fog.
由于地面有雾,这次班机推迟1 刻钟。 - The rent is due at the end of each quarter.
缴纳租金以每季度末为期限。 - The quarter is used most often as a tip for small services.
对于小服务,小费往往给25美分。 - The city has a busy Chinese quarter.
这个城市有个热闹的华人区。 - He lives in the student quarter of the city.
他住在城里的学生居住区。 - From which quarter is the wind blowing?
风从哪个方向吹来? - Her travels had taken her to every quarter of the globe.
她游遍了世界各地。
- We should quarter a pineapple.
我们应该把这个菠萝分成四等份。