quarter
quarter是什么意思,
quarter怎么讀
語音:
英音
['kw?:t?(r)]
美音 [?kw?rt?]
n. 四分之一;一刻鐘;地區(qū);(美式足球的)一節(jié)
vt. 把…四等分;供…住宿;使(士兵)駐扎
復(fù)數(shù): quarters
第三人稱單數(shù): quarters
過去式: quartered
過去分詞: quartered
現(xiàn)在分詞: quartering
易混淆的單詞: Quarter
quarter 四分之一,一刻鐘,季度,營(yíng)房,住宿區(qū)
來自拉丁語quartus,四分之一,詞源同four,quadrille.引申詞義季度,刻鐘。后用于指城區(qū)的部分,營(yíng)房,住宿區(qū)等。
用作名詞(n.)
- Only a quarter of the earth is land.
僅僅地球的四分之一是陸地。 - It's a quarter past ten.
現(xiàn)在是十點(diǎn)一刻。 - The flight was put off about a quarter, because of ground fog.
由于地面有霧,這次班機(jī)推遲1 刻鐘。 - The rent is due at the end of each quarter.
繳納租金以每季度末為期限。 - The quarter is used most often as a tip for small services.
對(duì)于小服務(wù),小費(fèi)往往給25美分。 - The city has a busy Chinese quarter.
這個(gè)城市有個(gè)熱鬧的華人區(qū)。 - He lives in the student quarter of the city.
他住在城里的學(xué)生居住區(qū)。 - From which quarter is the wind blowing?
風(fēng)從哪個(gè)方向吹來? - Her travels had taken her to every quarter of the globe.
她游遍了世界各地。
用作動(dòng)詞(v.)
- We should quarter a pineapple.
我們應(yīng)該把這個(gè)菠蘿分成四等份。
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