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英[k'wɔːtər] 美[k'wɔːtər]
  • 表示"不到一半","远非完全"
  • divide vt.划分;隔开;分割;[数]除vi.分裂;分开n.分水岭;分歧;分
  • four num.四
  • in prep.在...里;在...地方;在...期间;在...方面;进入...里面;处于...状态;穿着...;以...的方式adv.在家;入;进;向里;在某地;并入;在某种关系中adj.在里面的;新来的;执政的;时髦的n.当权者;影响;达成目标的路径
名词 quarter:
  1. one of four equal parts

  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

  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)

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

  3. divide into quarters

  4. divide by four; divide into quarters