单词 | in half |
释义 | > as lemmasin half c. in half: into two (more or less) equal parts. Also (now less commonly) in halves, usually with reference to several things. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [adverb] > in half in half1599 bisectionally1809 a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 21v Dimidio, parten in halfe. c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. l. 4572 (MED) He cleff the body euen In halff, As it hadde ben a clouen calff. 1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. sig. C.ij That arch shall you deuide in halfe. 1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. B8v First part them in halfes and cut out the Cores. 1705 S. Clarke Being & Attrib. God viii. 116 When a Square cut in halves makes two Triangles, those two Triangles are still only the two halves of a Square. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 54 Each by lightning riven in half. 1862 Cornhill Mag. June 723 The ball..swift enough to cut the middle stump in half. 1962 L. S. Sasieni Princ. & Pract. Optical Dispensing viii. 182 The sides are folded in halves. 2017 Daily Post (N. Wales) (Nexis) 18 Mar. (Features section) 3 Cut the stalks from the strawberries and cut in half lengthways. < as lemmas |
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