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单词 halve
释义 halve
I. \ˈhav, -aa(ə)-, -ai-, -ȧ-, -ä-\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English halven, halfen, from half, n. — more at half
1.
 a. : to divide into two equal parts : separate into halves
  < halve an apple >
  < ripe walnuts, halved and picked from the shell — Nora Waln >
 b. : to reduce to one half
  < halving the purchase tax on cotton goods — New Republic >
  < doubling the profit by halving the cost >
 c. : to share equally
  < was it the double of my dream … or did we halve a dream? — W.B.Yeats >
  < it didn't much matter that he was here to halve my triumph — Max Beerbohm >
2. : to join two pieces of (timber) by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place and fitting together
3. : to play (as a hole, round, match) in the same number of strokes as one's opponent at golf
II. noun
(-s)
: a tie score on a hole or a round of golf
 < salvaged a halve on the 147-yard third — New York Herald Tribune >
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