quarter
- IPA[ˈk(w)ɔːtə]
英式
- each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided；a period of three months regarded as one fourth of a year, used especially in reference to financial transactions such as the payment of bills or a company's earnings
- divide into four equal or corresponding parts；cut (the body of an executed person) into four parts
verb: quarter, 3rd person present: quarters, gerund or present participle: quartering, past tense: quartered, past participle: quartered
noun: quarter, plural noun: quarters
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名詞
- 1. each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided she cut each apple into quarters a page and a quarter
- ▪ a period of three months regarded as one fourth of a year, used especially in reference to financial transactions such as the payment of bills or a company's earnings the first quarter of the fiscal year
- ▪ a period of fifteen minutes or a point of time marking the transition from one fifteen-minute period to the next he sat with his pint until a quarter past nine
- ▪ a coin representing 25 cents, a quarter of a US or Canadian dollar.
- ▪ each of the four parts into which an animal's or bird's carcass may be divided, each including a leg or wing.
- ▪ one fourth of a lunar month.
- ▪ (in basketball, American football, and Australian Rules) each of four equal periods into which a game is divided there were four scores in the opening quarter
- ▪ US one of four terms into which a school or university year may be divided.
- 2. one fourth of a pound weight (avoirdupois, equal to 4 ounces).
- ▪ one fourth of a hundredweight (in the UK 28 lb or in the US 25 lb).
- ▪ British a grain measure equivalent to 8 bushels.
- 3. the haunches or hindquarters of a horse they have strong, muscular quarters
- 4. a part of a town or city having a particular character or use a beautiful port city with a fascinating medieval quarter 同義詞
- 5. the direction of one of the points of the compass, especially as a direction from which the wind blows.
- ▪ a particular but unspecified person, group of people, or area we have just had help from an unexpected quarter 同義詞
- ▪ either side of a ship aft of the beam he trained his glasses over the starboard quarter
- 6. rooms or lodgings, especially those allocated to people in military or domestic service they lived in RAF married quarters 同義詞
- 7. pity or mercy shown towards an enemy or opponent who is in one's power the riot squad gave no quarter 同義詞
- 8. each of four or more roughly equal divisions of a shield separated by vertical and horizontal lines.
- ▪ a square charge which covers the top left (dexter chief) quarter of the field.
動詞
- 1. divide into four equal or corresponding parts peel and quarter the bananas
- ▪ historical cut (the body of an executed person) into four parts the plotters were hanged, drawn, and quartered
- ▪ cut (a log) into quarters, and these into planks so as to show the grain well.
- 2. be stationed or lodged in a specified place many were quartered in tents 同義詞
- ▪ impose someone on (another person) as a lodger you would have had her quartered on you forever
- 3. range over or traverse (an area) in every direction we watched a pair of kingfishers quartering the river looking for minnows 同義詞
- ▪ move at an angle; go in a diagonal or zigzag direction his young dog quartered back and forth in quick turns
- 4. display (different coats of arms) in quarters of a shield, especially to show arms inherited from heiresses who have married into the bearer's family Edward III quartered the French royal arms with his own
- ▪ divide (a shield) into four or more parts by vertical and horizontal lines.
- consisting of three quarters of something in terms of size, length, time, etc.: a three-quarter length cashmere coat
- each of four players in a team positioned across the field behind the half backs: he was playing three-quarter for Blackheath
- to a size or extent of three quarters: three-quarter-grown rabbits
Oxford Dictionary
- saw (a log) radially into quarters and then into boards: a piece of quarter-sawn oak
Oxford Dictionary
- three of the four equal parts into which something may be divided: three quarters of an hour
- to the extent of three quarters: Vermont is more than three quarters woodland
Oxford Dictionary
- a period of fifteen minutes.
Oxford American Dictionary
- saw (a log) radially into quarters and then into boards: we quarter-saw the logs at our own mill quarter-sawn timber from the stand of white ash
Oxford American Dictionary
- a photographic plate measuring 31/4 × 41/4 inches (c. 8.3 × 10.8 cm).
Oxford Dictionary
- consisting of three quarters of something (used especially with reference to size or length): a three-quarter length cashmere coat
Oxford American Dictionary
- a period of fifteen minutes.
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[ˈkwôrdər]
美式
- each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided: she cut each apple into quarters a page and a quarter
- divide into four equal or corresponding parts: peel and quarter the bananas
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