| 单词 | quarter |
| 释义 | quarter (kwɔːʳtəʳ ) Word forms: quarters , quartering , quartered 1. fraction A2 A quarter is one of four equal parts of something. A quarter of the residents are over 55 years old. [+ of] I've got to go in a quarter of an hour. [+ of] Prices have fallen by a quarter since January. Cut the peppers into quarters. Quarter is also a predeterminer. The largest asteroid is Ceres, which is about a quarter the size of the moon. Quarter is also an adjective. ...the past quarter century. He closed his door and started the quarter-mile walk down the hill. 2. countable noun [usually singular] B2 A quarter is a fixed period of three months. Companies often divide their financial year into four quarters. The group said results for the third quarter are due on October 29. 3. countable noun A quarter is one of the periods into which certain games are divided, for example American football and basketball. There were a lot of mistakes in that fourth quarter, a lot of mistakes throughout the game. 4. uncountable noun [oft a NOUN] A1 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. It was quarter to six. [+ to] See you about quarter to nine. I got a call at a quarter of seven one night. [+ of] Nobody else turned up till a quarter past ten. The time was recorded at a quarter after five. 5. verb B2 If you quarter something such as a fruit or a vegetable, you cut it into four roughly equal parts. Chop the mushrooms and quarter the tomatoes. [VERB noun] 6. verb [usually passive] B2 If the number or size of something is quartered, it is reduced to about a quarter of its previous number or size. The doses I suggested for adults could be halved or quartered. [be VERB-ed] 7. countable noun B1+ A quarter is an American or Canadian coin that is worth 25 cents. I dropped a quarter into the slot of the pay phone. 8. countable noun A particular quarter of a town is a part of the town where a particular group of people traditionally live or work. Look for hotels in the French Quarter. 9. countable noun 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. Help came from an unexpected quarter. The pharmaceuticals industry is regarded with scepticism in some quarters. Synonyms: source, place, point, person 10. plural noun The rooms provided for soldiers, sailors, or servants to live in are called their quarters. Mckinnon went down from deck to the officers' quarters. 11. verb [usually passive] If people are quartered somewhere, they are provided with accommodation for a short time, usually while they are working away from home. Our soldiers are quartered in Peredelkino. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb] Synonyms: accommodate, house, lodge, place 12. at close quarters phrase If you do something at close quarters, you do it very near to a particular person or thing. You can watch aircraft take off or land at close quarters. 13. no quarter phrase [PHRASE with verb] 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. This is not war as you learned it. It is brutal work, with no quarter given. Collocations: unexpected quarter Make only the smallest effort and you'll get sudden and surprisingly positive responses - and from an entirely unexpected quarter. Times, Sunday Times The creative inspiration, if you have watched thus far, came from an unexpected quarter. Times,Sunday Times Last week, however, came good news from an unexpected quarter. Times, Sunday Times So it's good to find competition coming from an unexpected quarter. Times, Sunday Times Consequently, when ideas or offers from an unexpected quarter come as a bit of shock, you're taken aback that you hadn't anticipated them. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 四分之一, 把…切成4等份 Japanese: 4分の1, 4つに分ける |
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