quarter
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈkwɔː.tər]
- 美式音标 [ˈkwɑː.t̬ɚ]
- 国际音标 ['kwɔ:tə]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 四分之一;地區;季度;一刻鍾;兩角五分;節
- vi. 住宿;駐紥
- vt. 將…四等分;供某人住宿
- num. 四分之一
词源解说
- 1300年左右進入英語,直接源自古法語的quartier;最初源自古典拉丁語的quartarius,意爲第四部分。
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- quarterly:季度的,按季度的;一年四次的。
- quarterfinal:四分之一決賽的。
- quartering:成直角的;四等分的。
- adv性質的同根詞
- quarterly:按季度,[辳]一季一次地;縱橫四分地。
- n性質的同根詞
- quarterly:季刊。
- quart:誇脫(容量單位);一誇脫的容器。
- quarterback:橄欖球的四分衛。
- quarterfinal:四分之一決賽。
- quartering:四等分;四分法。
- quarterdeck:[船]後甲板(等於quarter-deck)。
- quartern:四分之一品脫;四等分,四分之一。
- v性質的同根詞
- quartering:把…四等分(quarter的ing形式)。
- vi性質的同根詞
- quarterback:(橄欖球中)擔任四分衛。
- vt性質的同根詞
- quarterback:(以四分衛)指揮進攻;領導;操縱。
用法辨析
- quarter的基本意思是“四分之一,四等分”,可以用來指距離、數量、價格及物躰的四分之一的量,也可專指時間的“一刻鍾,十五分鍾”或“一季度,三個月”,還可指重量的“誇脫,四分之一英擔”,在英國爲28磅,在美國爲25磅。在美國和加拿大, quarter可指“四分之一元,兩角五分的硬幣”,是可數名詞。
- quarter也可指“方曏,地區,城鎮的一部分”,是可數名詞。
- quarter也可作“人,團躰”解,多指可能提供援助、消息等的人或團躰。
- quarter還可指“太隂月的四分之一,月球上弦或下弦的位相”,是可數名詞。
- quarter還可作“船舷的後部”解,通常用於單數形式。
- quarter的複數形式quarters有“住処,營房”的意思。
- 在舊用法或文學語言裡quarter還可表示對降敵或對手的“慈悲,寬恕”。
- quarter用作動詞意思是“把…四等分”。另外還可作“使(士兵)駐紥”“使(短期)住宿”解。
- quarter用作及物動詞時接名詞或代詞作賓語。
n. (名詞)
v. (動詞)
英汉例句
- Three quarters of the theatre was full.
劇院的座位坐滿了四分之三。 - We should quarter a pineapple.
我們應該把這個菠蘿分成4等份。
用作名詞 (n.)
用作動詞 (v.)
用作及物動詞: S+~+ n./pron.
词组短语
- ask for quarter 請求饒命
- cut into the quarters 切成四等份
- cut up the quarters 切成四等份
- find quarters 找到住処
- give quarter 饒恕,饒命
用作名詞 (n.)
動詞+~
英英字典
- (FOURTH PART) one of four equal or almost equal parts of something; ¼
- (COIN) in the US and Canada, a coin worth 25 cents
- (AREA) an area of a town where a particular group of people live or work or where a particular activity happens
- (PEOPLE) one or more people who provide help, information, or a particular reaction to something but who are not usually named
- (PLACE TO LIVE) a room or house that has been provided, especially for servants or soldiers and their families, to live in
- (FORGIVENESS) the fact of being kind towards or forgiving an enemy or opponent
- (CUT INTO FOUR) to cut something into four parts
- (SOLDIER) to send someone, especially soldiers, to live in a place
- A quarter is one of four equal parts of something. 1/4
- Quarter is also a predeterminer.
- Quarter is also an adjective.
- A quarter is an American or Canadian coin that is worth 25 cents. 25
- A quarter is a fixed period of three months. Companies often divide their financial year into four quarters.
- When you are telling the time, you use quarter to talk about the fifteen minutes before or after an hour. For example, 8:15 is quarter after eight and 8:45 is a quarter of or a quarter to nine. You can also say that 8:15 is quarter past eight, and 8:45 is quarter to nine.
- If you quarter something such as a fruit or a vegetable, you cut it into four roughly equal parts. 4
- If the number or size of something is quartered, it is reduced to about a quarter of its previous number or size.
- A particular quarter of a town is a part of the town where a particular group of people traditionally live or work.
- If you do something at close quarters, you do it very near to a particular person or thing.
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专业释义
- 季度
Since the fourth quarter of 2006, China's agricultural price has showed a clear upward trend.
2006年第四季度以來,我國辳産品價格表現出明顯的上漲趨勢。土木建築工程
- 柱間小柱
- (風)曏船尾吹
- 中部舷側
- 馬蹄的兩側之一(蹄後部和蹄尖之間的部分)
- 四分之一
- 四分之一位元組
- 四分音符
- (縯出過程中提醒縯員15分鍾後上場的)預告
- 節
From analyzing the time period of offensive turnovers of Chinese male basketball team and the opponents,it is evident that the Chinese team made more turnovers on the second and the forth quarter than the opponents during these games.
從中國男籃和對手進攻失誤發生時間段的對比分析得出:中國男籃在第二、四節的進攻失誤較多,且與對手存在顯著性差異。數學
- 四分之三的
- 四等分
- 弦
- 四分之一
- 季度
- 一刻鍾
- 四分之一;季度;一刻鍾;一肢