| 单词 | halve |
| 释义 | halve (once / 4693 pages) v To halve something is to divide it into two equal parts. When you share a pizza with your best friend, you can cut it in half, or halve it. A recipe might instruct you to halve an onion, and a little kid might request that you halve her peanut butter sandwich and cut the crusts off. You can also halve less physical things — you can halve your expenses if you reduce them by half, or halve the bill for lunch with your sister, if you split it with her. Halve comes from half, originally an Old English word meaning "side" or "part." WORD FAMILYhalve: halved, halving USAGE EXAMPLESThe UN wants to halve food waste per person in shops and in households by 2030 under its Sustainable Development Goals. Economist(Dec 14, 2016) The risk of a coronary event in 10 years was halved. New York Times(Dec 12, 2016) Peel the onion, halve it, then slice each half into thin segments. The Guardian(Dec 12, 2016) v divide by two; divide into halves Halve the cake Hyper divide, fraction perform a division |
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