| 单词 | to half | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto (the) half ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > incompletely or partly			[phrase]		 in partc1300 a (also in, of) party1372 to (the) half1547 by halves1563 by fractions1796 a1645    W. Browne tr.  M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander 		(1647)	  ii. iii. 222  				I see but at halfes [Fr. à demy]. a1645    W. Browne tr.  M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander 		(1647)	  ii. iii. 240  				To be reveng'd at halfes [Fr. à demy]. a1673    J. Caryl in  C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David 		(1870)	 I. Ps. vi. 8  				They do it not to halves, but thoroughly. 1682    J. Bunyan Holy War 115  				Nor did I do this to the halves .       View more context for this quotation 1739    ‘R. Bull’ tr.  F. Dedekind Grobianus  i. ii. 17  				Nor belch to Halves—but of the Clangor proud, Like some substantial Burgo-master, belch aloud. 1793    S. Hopkins Syst. of Doctr. I.  i. iv. 223  				It is doubtless better..not to preach it at all, than to do it to the halves. to half  e.    on (also at, to) (the) halves: (in letting or hiring a house, land, or the like) so as to have a half-share in the yield or profits. Formerly also  †to half. Now rare (U.S.). Π c1460    in  A. Clark Eng. Reg. Oseney Abbey 		(1907)	 102  				In-to ffee-ferme to ffisshe to halfe [L. ad medietatem]..by seruice off ffisshyng to halfe. 1549    W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 5v  				Not to ferme at certaine rent as we dooe in Englande, but to the halfes, or to the thyrde of all graine and fruite. 1577    B. Googe tr.  C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry  i. f. 47v  				He may occupie it by his Bayliffe, or to hawues. 1623    Council in Virginia Let. 20 Jan. in  S. M. Kingsbury Rec. Virginia Company 		(1935)	 IV. 13  				All Tenantes at halfes..were never able to feede themselves by theire labours. 1710    H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes ii. 104  				It is usual..for the owners to let their Lands to halfs to their Tenants. 1908    Forest & Stream 21 Mar. 450/3  				When the apples got ripe the deacon would let me pick them and sell them to halves, at the village. 1914    J. H. Blackwell Let. 21 Dec. in  Industr. Relations: Final Rep. & Testimony 		(U.S. Comm. Industr. Relations)	 		(1916)	 X. 9273  				Some rent for 30 per cent; others rent on the halves. 2016    P. J. Walls Alabama Gold 		(e-book ed.)	  				Most of the farming was sharecropping. Most of 'em done it on halves. < as lemmas | 
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