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quarter

英 ['kwɔːtə] 美['kwɔrtɚ]
  • n. 四分之一;地区;季度;一刻钟;两角五分;节
  • vi. 住宿;驻扎
  • vt. 将…四等分;供某人住宿
  • num. 四分之一

英英释意


1. one of four equal parts;
"a quarter of a pound"
2. a district of a city having some distinguishing character;
"the Latin Quarter"
3. one of four periods of play into which some games are divided;
"both teams scored in the first quarter"
4. 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"
5. one of four periods into which the school year is divided;
"the fall quarter ends at Christmas"
6. a fourth part of a year; three months;
"unemployment fell during the last quarter"
7. one of the four major division of the compass;
"the wind is coming from that quarter"
8. a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
9. a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
10. a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar;
"he fed four quarters into the slot machine"
11. an unspecified person;
"he dropped a word in the right quarter"
12. the rear part of a ship
13. piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp