quarter
quarter 英 [ˈkwɔ:tə(r)] 美 [ˈkwɔrtə(r)]
n. 四分之一；地区；季度；一刻钟；两角五分 v. 将…四等分；供某人住宿
进行时:quartering 过去式:quartered 过去分词:quartered 第三人称单数:quarters 名词复数:quarters
- A quarter is one-fourth of something. If you cut a pizza into four pieces and share it with three friends, each of you will eat a quarter of the pizza.
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- n. 四分之一；地区；季度；一刻钟；两角五分
- v. 将…四等分；供某人住宿
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1. She pays her rent by the quarter.
她按季度付房租。
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2. a quarter of a mile
四分之一英里
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3. The programme lasted an hour and a quarter.
这个节目历时一小时十五分钟。
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4. Cut the apple into quarters.
把苹果切成四瓣。
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5. The theatre was about three quarters full.
剧场大约坐了四分之三的人。
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6. It's a quarter to four now—I'll meet you at a quarter past four.
现在是差一刻四点，我会在四点一刻和你碰面。
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7. the historic quarter of the city
具有历史意义的城区
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8. We were moved to more comfortable living quarters.
我们搬进了较舒适的住处。
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9. She peeled and quartered an apple.
她削去苹果皮，把苹果切成四瓣。
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10. The soldiers were quartered in the town.
士兵在镇里宿营。
- quarter (n.) c. 1300, "one-fourth of anything; one of four parts or divisions of a thing;" often in reference to the four parts into which a slaughtered animal is cut, from Old French quartier, cartier (12c.), from Latin quartarius "fourth part," from quartus "the fourth, fourth part," which is related to quattuor "four," from PIE root *kwetwer- "four." One of the earliest dated references in English is to "parts of the body as dismembered during execution" (c. 1300).
- quarter (v.) "to cut in quarters, divide into four parts," mid-14c., from quarter (n.). Specifically as the word for a form of criminal punishment from late 14c. (Old English had slitcwealm "death by rending"). Related: Quartered; quartering. The meaning "to put up soldiers" is recorded from 1590s (see quarters).
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