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quarter

美['kwɔːrtər]  英['kwɔːtə(r)]
n.  四分之一;一刻钟;一季;25美分;区;方向
v.  四等分
adj.  四分之一的
  过去式:quartered  过去分词:quartered  现在分词:quartering  第三人称单数:quarters
  近义词:area,direction,district,division,sector,favour,forgiveness,mercy,fourth,term,accommodate,bed,install,place,station,divideinfour,

详细释义

n.(名词)
  1. 一刻钟
  2. 四分之一
  3. 住处
  4. 方位,方角
  5. 季度
  6. 营房,军营
  7. 付款的季度
  8. 25分硬币
  9. 区,一区的居民
  10. 饶命,宽恕
  11. 包括整条腿的大块肉
  12. 切成四分后的一块
  13. 来源
  14. 弦月
  15. 地域
v.(动词)
  1. 住宿,给...提供食宿,供...住宿,使住宿,使筹办食宿
  2. 把…切成四部份,把...四等分,把...分成几部分
  3. 使(部队、士兵)驻扎,驻扎,扎营,使(军队)扎营
  4. 变更位置
  5. 各就岗位
  6. 搜找猎物
  7. 四肢分解,肢解
  8. 到处搜索,来回搜素
  9. 将(不同套的纹章)置于四分之一盾面上, 将加在盾面上
  10. 使与连接部分成直角
  11. 侧向游泳
  12. 向船尾吹

双解释义

n.(名词)
  1. [C]四分之一 a fourth part of a whole
  2. [C]一刻钟,十五分钟 15 minutes before or after an hour
  3. [C]两角五分的硬币,四分之一元 25 cents; fourth parts of a dollar
  4. [C]三个月,一个季度 three months, especially used for making payments
  5. [P]住处,营房 accommodation, especially for soldiers
  6. [C]方向; 地区,城镇的一部分 direction; district; part of a town
  7. [C]人,团体 person or group of people
  8. [C]上弦或下弦; 太阴月的四分之一 one fourth of a lunar month; position of the moon at the end of the first and third of these
  9. [U]慈悲,宽恕 mercy shown towards an enemy who has surrendered or to an opponent who is in one's power
v.(动词)
  1. vt. 把…四等分 cut or divide into four parts
  2. vt. 使(士兵)驻扎,供…住宿 provide lodgings for (especially soldiers)

英英释义

Noun
  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. (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions 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 or Canadian 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
  14. clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent;

    "he surrendered but asked for quarter"

Verb
  1. provide housing for (military personnel)
  2. pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him;

    "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"

  3. divide into quarters;

    "quarter an apple"

  4. divide by four; divide into quarters

组词搭配

动词+~
  1. ask for quarter请求饶命
  2. cut into the quarters切成四等份
  3. cut up the quarters切成四等份
  4. find quarters找到住处
  5. give quarter饶恕,饶命
  6. provide quarters提供住处
  7. receive quarter得到宽恕,被免一死
  8. share quarters with sb和某人住在一起
  9. show quarter表示宽恕
  10. take up one's quarters住下
形容词+~
  1. certain quarter某一地区
  2. close quarters狭窄的寓所
  3. comfortable quarters舒适的住处
  4. living quarters住处
  5. slum quarters贫民区
  6. suitable quarters适当的住处
  7. wealthy quarters富人居住区
  8. working-class quarters工人住宅区
名词+~
  1. business quarters商务区
  2. shopping quarters商业区
  3. winter quarters冬季住房
  4. summer quarters夏季住房
介词+~
  1. at close quarters逼近,接近
  2. from all quarters来自各方
  3. from every quarter从四面八方
  4. in quarters在寓所里
  5. in some quarter在某个地区
  6. on the quarter每隔15分钟
~+介词
  1. quarter oneself on投宿在…
  2. quarter oneself with sb和某人一起住
~+名词
  1. quarter an apple把一个苹果四等分

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. Only a quarter of the earth is land.仅仅地球的四分之一是陆地。
  2. It's a quarter past ten.现在是十点一刻。
  3. The flight was put off about a quarter, because of ground fog.由于地面有雾,这次班机推迟1 刻钟。
  4. The rent is due at the end of each quarter.缴纳租金以每季度末为期限。
  5. The quarter is used most often as a tip for small services.对于小服务,小费往往给25美分。
  6. The city has a busy Chinese quarter.这个城市有个热闹的华人区。
  7. He lives in the student quarter of the city.他住在城里的学生居住区。
  8. From which quarter is the wind blowing?风从哪个方向吹来?
  9. Her travels had taken her to every quarter of the globe.她游遍了世界各地。
用作动词(v.)
  1. We should quarter a pineapple.我们应该把这个菠萝分成四等份。

词语用法

n.(名词)
    quarter的基本意思是“四分之一,四等分”,可以用来指距离、数量、价格及物体的四分之一的量,也可专指时间的“一刻钟,十五分钟”或“一季度,三个月”,还可指重量的“夸脱,四分之一英担”,在英国为28磅,在美国为25磅。在美国和加拿大, quarter可指“四分之一元,两角五分的硬币”,是可数名词。 quarter也可指“方向,地区,城镇的一部分”,是可数名词。 quarter也可作“人,团体”解,多指可能提供援助、消息等的人或团体。 quarter还可指“太阴月的四分之一,月球上弦或下弦的位相”,是可数名词。 quarter还可作“船舷的后部”解,通常用于单数形式。 quarter的复数形式quarters有“住处,营房”的意思。 在旧用法或文学语言里quarter还可表示对降敌或对手的“慈悲,宽恕”。
v.(动词)
    quarter用作动词意思是“把…四等分”。另外还可作“使(士兵)驻扎”“使(短期)住宿”解。 quarter用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语。 quarter作“驻扎”“住宿”解时后面常接介词in, on或upon等。

常见错误

n.(名词)
  1. 我们必须在黄昏前找到住处。

    We must find a quarter before nightfall.

    We must find quarters before nightfall.

    quarter作“住处”“宿舍”解时要用复数形式。

    他们等了一刻钟,但是没看见一辆公共汽车。

    They waited for a quarter, but no bus came in sight.

    They waited for a quarter of an hour, but no bus came in sight.

    quarter表示时间“一刻”,不能只说a quarter,须接介词of,应该说a quarter of an hour。

    这个方案遭到了各方面的批评。

    The scheme met with criticisms from all quarter.

    The scheme met with criticisms from all quarters.

    quarter作“方面”解时是可数名词,表示“各方面”应说all quarters。

    他不愿饶恕他的敌人。

    He refused to give quarters to his foe.

    He refused to give quarter to his foe.

    quarter作“宽恕、饶恕”解是不可数名词,没有复数形式。

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