a ... and a half

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha ... and a halfa ... and a halfinformalGOOD/EXCELLENT used when you think that something is very unusual or surprising, or very good That was a meal and a half! → halfExamples from the Corpusa ... and a half• Raymo led him a block and a half south.• Federal employees were again told to stay at home after the city was buried under a foot and a half of snow.• The firehouse is about a mile and a half away from my house.• In the previous half-century it could not have been more than a million and a half in all.• Jones is in a Merseyside clinic after losing a stone and a half in weight over the last seven days.• This phase was to last a year and a half and it was a period of general ineffectuality.• He has been engaged to another girl for over a year and a half.

单词	a ... and a half
释义	a ... and a half From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha ... and a halfa ... and a halfinformalGOOD/EXCELLENT used when you think that something is very unusual or surprising, or very good That was a meal and a half! → halfExamples from the Corpusa ... and a half• Raymo led him a block and a half south.• Federal employees were again told to stay at home after the city was buried under a foot and a half of snow.• The firehouse is about a mile and a half away from my house.• In the previous half-century it could not have been more than a million and a half in all.• Jones is in a Merseyside clinic after losing a stone and a half in weight over the last seven days.• This phase was to last a year and a half and it was a period of general ineffectuality.• He has been engaged to another girl for over a year and a half.
随便看	the wheels come off the wheels come off something the wheels of the wheels of something the wherewithal to do the wherewithal to do something the White House the White Pages the whole (kit and) caboodle the whole ball of wax the whole caboodle the whole country etc the whole enchilada the whole kit and caboodle the whole movie star etc bit the whole movie travelling etc bit the whole nine yards the whole of the whole of being the whole of something the whole point the whole point (of something) the whole point of the whole school etc the whole school/country/village etc