quarter

['kwɔ:tə]

词形变化: quartered quartered quartering quarters

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1.

The clock strikes the hours, the half-hours and the quarters.

这个钟在正点、半点和一刻钟都打点。

2.

The rent is due at the end of each quarter.

缴纳租金以每季度末为期限。

3.

It's a quarter past ten.

现在是十点一刻。

【近义词】

【词源解说】

1300年左右进入英语,直接源自古法语的quartier;最初源自古典拉丁语的quartarius,意为第四部分。

【词义辨析】

district region area section zone belt quarter neighbourhood
district: 多指由政府等机构出于行政管理等目的而明确划分的地区。
region: 常指地球上、大气中具有自然分界线的区域,特指按照气候、人体或其他特征鲜明、自成一体的地区。
area: 普通用词,指整体中较大的,界线不分明的一部分。
section: 指城市、国家或天然界线形成的地区。
zone: 科技用词,指圆形或弧形地带,尤指地图上按温度划分的五个地带。用作一般意义时,也可指具有某种特征的其它地区。
belt: 从本义“带,带状物”引申而指任何广阔的长条地带,也可指种植某种作物的地区。
quarter: 指城市里具有相同性质或独特风味的地区,比section范围小,但划分更精确。
neighbourhood: 指比section的划定更清楚,范围更小。具体指城市中的住宅区,也可指附近一带。
名词 quarter:

2.

a district of a city having some distinguishing character

3.

(football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided

4.

a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour

5.

one of four periods into which the school year is divided

6.

a fourth part of a year; three months

7.

one of the four major division of the compass

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

11.

an unspecified person

12.

the rear part of a ship

同义词:stern,after part,poop,tail

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

动词 quarter:

1.

provide housing for (military personnel)

同义词:billet,canton

2.

pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him

同义词:draw,draw and quarter

3.

divide into quarters

4.

divide by four; divide into quarters

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quarter:quarter n. 四分之一,方向, 地区, 方面, 季, 季度, 一刻钟num. 四分之一, 刻 英英解释:名词quarter:1. one of four equal parts同义词:one-....详情>>
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