half-hourn.

a. The half of an hour; a period of thirty minutes.

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the world > time > period > hour > [noun] > specific part of an hour

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c1420 Siege of Rouen in Collect. Lond. Cit. (Camden) 15 With[in] the mount of ij halfe hourys.

1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. iii. sig. C3, Faith some halfe houre to seuen.

1781 R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough iii. ii, She has gone out this half-hour.

1847–8 C. Knight (title) Half-hours with the Best Authors.

1892 E. Reeves Homeward Bound 96, I have spent one delightful half-hour with him.

b. half an hour n. (not used with a defining word).

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a1300 Cursor Mundi 24742 It war not half an hore o dai.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Rev. viii. 1 Silence is maad in heuen, as half an hour [ Coverdale & 1611 aboute the space of halfe an houre].

1604 Orig. Jrnls. House of Commons 3 f. 213, He..delivered [the Writ] half an houre before Eight at the Fleet.

1663 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 479 Till half an houre past six.

1670 J. Narborough Jrnl. in Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) i. 30 In half an hours time.

1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 56 Half an Hour after Eleven we sounded.

1882 H. C. Merivale Faucit of Balliol II. i. xvii. 1 A country-town about half-an-hour from London.

Derivatives

half-ˈhourly adj. occurring at intervals of half an hour; lasting half an hour.

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1854 T. De Quincey On Murder (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay IV. 71 His ordinary half-hourly beat.

half-ˈhourly adv. at intervals of half an hour, every half-hour.

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1807 T. Williamson Oriental Field Sports II. 197 Pills..given half-hourly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2016).

单词	half-hour
释义	half-hourn. a. The half of an hour; a period of thirty minutes. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > hour > [noun] > specific part of an hour prickOE momentumOE prickleOE punctOE mileway1370 momenta1398 pointa1398 half-hourc1420 quartera1500 glass1599 semi-hore1623 scruple1728 part1806 c1420 Siege of Rouen in Collect. Lond. Cit. (Camden) 15 With[in] the mount of ij halfe hourys. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. iii. sig. C3, Faith some halfe houre to seuen. View more context for this quotation 1781 R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough iii. ii, She has gone out this half-hour. 1847–8 C. Knight (title) Half-hours with the Best Authors. 1892 E. Reeves Homeward Bound 96, I have spent one delightful half-hour with him. b. half an hour n. (not used with a defining word). ΚΠ a1300 Cursor Mundi 24742 It war not half an hore o dai. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Rev. viii. 1 Silence is maad in heuen, as half an hour [ Coverdale & 1611 aboute the space of halfe an houre]. 1604 Orig. Jrnls. House of Commons 3 f. 213, He..delivered [the Writ] half an houre before Eight at the Fleet. 1663 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 479 Till half an houre past six. 1670 J. Narborough Jrnl. in Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) i. 30 In half an hours time. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 56 Half an Hour after Eleven we sounded. 1882 H. C. Merivale Faucit of Balliol II. i. xvii. 1 A country-town about half-an-hour from London. Derivatives half-ˈhourly adj. occurring at intervals of half an hour; lasting half an hour. ΚΠ 1854 T. De Quincey On Murder (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay IV. 71 His ordinary half-hourly beat. half-ˈhourly adv. at intervals of half an hour, every half-hour. ΚΠ 1807 T. Williamson Oriental Field Sports II. 197 Pills..given half-hourly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2016). < n.a1300
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