| 单词 | quarter |
| 释义 | quarter (once / 49 pages) 1nv 2n 3n 4n 5n 6n 7v 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. A quarter is the same thing as twenty-five percent of something. Many sporting events are divided this way, and you'll often hear sports commentators saying things like, "Here is the score at the end of the first quarter." The Latin word quartus, "fourth," is at the root of quarter, and the earliest — and goriest — use specifically referred to a form of execution that involved dismembering a prisoner's body into four pieces, or quarters. WORD FAMILYquarter: forequarter, quartered, quartering, quarterly, quarters+/forequarter: forequarters/quartering: quarterings/quarterly: quarterlies USAGE EXAMPLESThis was more a story of resilience, of surviving a nightmarish third quarter and finding some kind of resolve in the closing minutes. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) “We held this team to 101 points on their home floor, and I thought our offense in that third quarter was the difference.” Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Only about a quarter of the city is back under government control, and the presence of more than 1 million civilians is complicating the effort. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n one of four equal parts a quarter of a pound Syn|Hyper fourth, fourth part, one-fourth, one-quarter, quartern, twenty-five percent common fraction, simple fraction the quotient of two integers 2n a fourth part of a year; three months unemployment fell during the last quarter Hyper period, period of time, time period an amount of time 3n one of four periods into which the school year is divided the fall quarter ends at Christmas Hyper academic session, academic term, school term, session the time during which a school holds classes 4n (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided both teams scored in the first quarter Hyper division, part, section one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole 5n 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 Hyper time unit, unit of time a unit for measuring time periods 6n a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds) Hyper avoirdupois unit any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights 7n a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds) Hyper British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet 8n one of the four major division of the compass the wind is coming from that quarter Hyper orientation position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions 9n a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar he fed four quarters into the slot machine Hyper coin a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money 10v divide into quarters quarter an apple Hyper section, segment divide into segments 11v divide by four; divide into quarters Hyper divide, fraction perform a division 12v pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him 2Syn|Hyper draw, draw and quarter kill cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly n a district of a city having some distinguishing character 3the Latin Quarter Hypo|Hyper ghetto formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live casbah, kasbahan older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located medinathe ancient quarter of many cities in northern Africa skid roadthe district of a town frequented by loggers barrioa Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States) city district a district of a town or city n an unspecified person 4he dropped a word in the right quarter Hyper individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being n the rear part of a ship 5Syn|Hyper after part, poop, stern, tail back, rear the side that goes last or is not normally seen n piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp 6Hyper piece of leather a separate part consisting of leather n clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent 7he surrendered but asked for quarter Hyper clemency, mercifulness, mercy leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice v provide housing for (military personnel) Syn|Hyper billet, canton accommodate, lodge provide housing for |
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