quarter
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美['kw?rt?]
- n. 四分之一；地區(qū)；季度；一刻鐘；兩角五分；節(jié)
- vi. 住宿；駐扎
- vt. 將…四等分；供某人住宿
- num. 四分之一
英英釋意
- 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