quarter

◎ 单词释义

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

一刻钟

四分之一

住处

方位，方角

季度

营房，军营

付款的季度

25分硬币

区，一区的居民

饶命，宽恕

包括整条腿的大块肉

切成四分后的一块

来源

弦月

地域

v.(动词)

住宿，给...提供食宿，供...住宿，使住宿，使筹办食宿

把…切成四部份，把...四等分，把...分成几部分

使（部队、士兵）驻扎，驻扎，扎营，使（军队）扎营

变更位置

各就岗位

搜找猎物

四肢分解，肢解

到处搜索，来回搜素

将（不同套的纹章）置于四分之一盾面上， 将加在盾面上

使与连接部分成直角

侧向游泳

向船尾吹

n.(名词)

[C]四分之一 a fourth part of a whole

[C]一刻钟,十五分钟 15 minutes before or after an hour

[C]两角五分的硬币,四分之一元 25 cents; fourth parts of a dollar

[C]三个月,一个季度 three months, especially used for making payments

[P]住处,营房 accommodation, especially for soldiers

[C]方向; 地区,城镇的一部分 direction; district; part of a town

[C]人,团体 person or group of people

[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

[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)

vt. 把…四等分 cut or divide into four parts

vt. 使(士兵)驻扎,供…住宿 provide lodgings for (especially soldiers)

noun

1. clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent

e.g. he surrendered but asked for quarter

2. piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp

3. the rear part of a ship

Synonym: sternafter partpooptail

4. a district of a city having some distinguishing character

e.g. the Latin Quarter

5. an unspecified person

e.g. he dropped a word in the right quarter

6. a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar

e.g. he fed four quarters into the slot machine

7. a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)

8. a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)

9. one of four equal parts

e.g. a quarter of a pound

Synonym: one-fourthfourthone-quarterfourth parttwenty-five percentquartern

10. one of the four major division of the compass

e.g. the wind is coming from that quarter

11. a fourth part of a year
three months

e.g. unemployment fell during the last quarter

12. one of four periods into which the school year is divided

e.g. the fall quarter ends at Christmas

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

e.g. it's a quarter til 4
a quarter after 4 o'clock

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

e.g. both teams scored in the first quarter

quarter是什么意思

verb

1. divide by four
divide into quarters

2. divide into quarters

e.g. quarter an apple

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

e.g. in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes

Synonym: drawdraw and quarter

4. provide housing for (military personnel)

Synonym: billetcanton

1. 四分之一
A quarter is one of four equal parts of something.

e.g. A quarter of the residents are over 55 years old...
1/4的居民年龄在55岁以上。
e.g. I've got to go in a quarter of an hour...
一刻钟以后我就得走了。

2. 季度;季
A quarter is a fixed period of three months. Companies often divide their financial year into four quarters.

quarter的解释

e.g. The group said results for the third quarter are due on October 29.
该集团表示第三季度的结果将于10月29日公布。

3. 一刻钟；十五分钟
When you are telling the time, you use quarter to talk about the fifteen minutes before or after an hour. For example, 8.15 is quarter past eight, and 8.45 is quarter to nine. In American English, you can also say that 8.15 is a quarter after eight and 8.45 is a quarter of nine.

e.g. It was a quarter to six...
当时是6点差一刻。
e.g. See you about quarter to nine...
8点45分左右再见。

4. 把…分成四等份
If you quarter something such as a fruit or a vegetable, you cut it into four roughly equal parts.

quarter的意思

e.g. Chop the mushrooms and quarter the tomatoes.
把蘑菇切成丁，再把西红柿切成四瓣。

5. 把…降至原先的四分之一;把…减少四分之三
If the number or size of something is quartered, it is reduced to about a quarter of its previous number or size.

quarter什么意思

e.g. The doses I suggested for adults could be halved or quartered.
我之前建议成人服用的剂量可以降到1/2或者1/4。

6. (美国或加拿大的)25分硬币
A quarter is an American or Canadian coin that is worth 25 cents.

e.g. I dropped a quarter into the slot of the pay phone.
我向付费电话的投币孔里投了一枚25分硬币。

7. (城镇中某一类人群生活或工作的)区，地区
A particular quarter of a town is a part of the town where a particular group of people traditionally live or work.

e.g. Look for hotels in the French Quarter.
在法国人居住区寻找旅馆。

8. (做出反应或行动的)某位人士，某个团体
To refer to a person or group you may not want to name, you can talk about the reactions or actions from a particular quarter .

e.g. Help came from an unexpected quarter...
援助来自于一个意想不到的团体。
e.g. There are fears in some quarters that the republic would have little chance of surviving on its own.
某些人士担心共和国独立支撑下去的希望很渺茫。

9. (军人、水手、仆人的)住处，宿舍，营房
The rooms provided for soldiers, sailors, or servants to live in are called their quarters .

e.g. Mckinnon went down from deck to the officers' quarters.
麦金农走下甲板，来到军官们的住处。

10. 为…提供临时住所
If people are quartered somewhere, they are provided with accommodation for a short time, usually while they are working away from home.

e.g. Our soldiers are quartered in Peredelkino.
我们的士兵在佩列杰利基诺扎营。

11. 近距离地;近在咫尺；接近地
If you do something at close quarters, you do it very near to a particular person or thing.

e.g. You can watch aircraft take off or land at close quarters...
你可以近距离观察飞机的起降。

12. 不仁慈；不宽恕
If you say that someone was given no quarter, you mean that they were not treated kindly by someone who had power or control over them.

e.g. This is not war as you learned it. It is brutal work, with no quarter given.
这并不是你所了解的战争。它残酷无情，对人没有半点怜悯。

1. quarter的翻译

1. 夸脱：三骨是港澳地区对英制三夸脱(Quarter)的谐音. 三夸脱即四分之三寸的意思. 对裤长在四分之三部位的中裤称为三骨裤. 其长度约在穿着者膝盖下10厘米~20厘米之间. 这种裤子在港澳地区穿着者较多,八十年代也曾在我国流行.

2. 学季：她学习优异,年纪轻轻就获得麻省理科大学(MIT)电子工程硕士学位,一年多前再转至史丹福大学继续攻读博士课程. 周梦瑶曾表示,学季(quarter)制的史丹福大学较学期(semester)制的麻省理工课业轻鬆得多,并已於去年顺利通过博士资格考试.

3. quarter的翻译

3. 节：比赛分为四节 (Quarter) 进行,职业美足及大学美足每一节是15分钟,高中美足则为12分钟. 中场的休息时间通常是15分钟,职业美足目前缩短为12分钟. 每一队上半场及下半场各有三次叫停的机会.

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。

n.(名词)

quarter, district, section, tract

这组词都有“地区”“区域”的意思。其区别是：

district通常指行政上的区域,又指具有显著特色的地方; section指一个国家或城市自然形成的地区; quarter一般指一个城市中的具有同一性的地区,尤指特殊一层人所居住的区域; tract指大片的土地、地域、地带或住房开发区。例如:

The city has a busy Chinese quarter.这个城市有个热闹的华人区。

The famous man's mail came from the corners of the globe.那位名人的信件来自世界各地。

Large tracts of sandy land were reclaimed.大片大片的沙质荒地被开垦出来了。

There is a vast tract of forest in that area.在那个地区有一大片森林。

v.(动词)

下面四句表达的意思相同:

I bought it for a quarter of the price.

I bought it for quarter of the price.

I bought it for a quarter the price.

I bought it for quarter the price.

我是以1／4的价格买的。

n.(名词)我们必须在黄昏前找到住处。

误

We must find a quarter before nightfall.

正

We must find quarters before nightfall.

析

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。

误

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

正

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

析

当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。

误

The scheme met with criticisms from all quarter.

正

The scheme met with criticisms from all quarters.

析

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。

误

He refused to give quarters to his foe.

正

He refused to give quarter to his foe.

析

quarter作“宽恕、饶恕”解是不可数名词,没有复数形式。

☆ 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。

以上就是本站详细整理的词语quarter是什么意思的翻译解释，供大家参考一下。