英语词汇“halfpint”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

half-pint n. (also ellipt.: a half-pint of beer). (See also sense 2o.)

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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Demi-sextier, the quarter of a French pinte, and much about our halfe pinte.

1611 J. Donne in T. Coryate Crudities sig. d3^v, Can all carouse vp thee? No: thou must fit Measures; and fill out for the half-pinte wit.

1727 E. Smith Compl. Housewife 155 Pour it into half pint Basons.

1744 G. Berkeley Let. 21 Aug. in Wks. (1871) IV. 299 Either in half-pint or quarter-pint glasses.

1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 186 An old half-pint bottle.

1899 R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. xi. 107, I..fell upon roast pork..and a foaming half-pint.

1937 Discovery Sept. 277/1 Fill a half-pint mug.

1966 ‘E. McGirr’ Funeral was in Spain 101 The barman..was morosely polishing half-pint glasses.

half-pint n. [compare sense 2a] fig. a small or insignificant person; also attrib.

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1926 G. H. Maines & B. Grant Wise-crack Dict. 9/1 Half pint, stunted individual.

1929 W. R. Burnett Little Caesar iv. ii. 117 ‘Here's the half-pint,’ said Killer Pepi, pushing Joe Sansone forward.

1930 G. C. Myers Mod. Parent ix. 165 Here are types of remarks which some parents..will stoop to make: ‘What do you think of our half-pint?’

1938 P. G. Wodehouse Summer Moonshine xvii. 200 That wonder girl in whose half-pint person were combined all the lovely qualities of woman of which he had so often dreamed.

1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson Piece of Cake 35 Half-pint hero, swaggerer.

1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway iii. 82 The little half-pint size, with thick glasses?

单词	halfpint
释义	> as lemmas half-pint half-pint n. (also ellipt.: a half-pint of beer). (See also sense 2o.) ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Demi-sextier, the quarter of a French pinte, and much about our halfe pinte. 1611 J. Donne in T. Coryate Crudities sig. d3^v, Can all carouse vp thee? No: thou must fit Measures; and fill out for the half-pinte wit. 1727 E. Smith Compl. Housewife 155 Pour it into half pint Basons. 1744 G. Berkeley Let. 21 Aug. in Wks. (1871) IV. 299 Either in half-pint or quarter-pint glasses. 1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 186 An old half-pint bottle. 1899 R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. xi. 107, I..fell upon roast pork..and a foaming half-pint. 1937 Discovery Sept. 277/1 Fill a half-pint mug. 1966 ‘E. McGirr’ Funeral was in Spain 101 The barman..was morosely polishing half-pint glasses. extracted from half-comb. form half-pint half-pint n. [compare sense 2a] fig. a small or insignificant person; also attrib. ΚΠ 1926 G. H. Maines & B. Grant Wise-crack Dict. 9/1 Half pint, stunted individual. 1929 W. R. Burnett Little Caesar iv. ii. 117 ‘Here's the half-pint,’ said Killer Pepi, pushing Joe Sansone forward. 1930 G. C. Myers Mod. Parent ix. 165 Here are types of remarks which some parents..will stoop to make: ‘What do you think of our half-pint?’ 1938 P. G. Wodehouse Summer Moonshine xvii. 200 That wonder girl in whose half-pint person were combined all the lovely qualities of woman of which he had so often dreamed. 1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson Piece of Cake 35 Half-pint hero, swaggerer. 1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway iii. 82 The little half-pint size, with thick glasses? extracted from half-comb. form < as lemmas
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