| 单词 | quartering |
| 释义 | quartering (once / 7108 pages) 1n 2n 3n WORD FAMILY quartering: quarterings+/forequarter: forequarters/quarter: forequarter, quartered, quartering, quarterly, quarters/quarterly: quarterlies USAGE EXAMPLESCenturies ago libeling the king would lead to drawing and quartering; libel the aristocracy, and you were sure to lose. Washington Post(Jun 01, 2016) Somewhat later, he compared the flatbed trucks that arrived at Navy Road to the quartering of British troops in American colonists’ homes. New York Times(May 15, 2016) It became a speak-easy during Prohibition and a site for quartering commissioned military officers during World War II. Washington Post(Mar 04, 2016) 1 n dividing into four equal parts 2Hyper division the act or process of dividing n living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel) 3Hyper housing, living accommodations, lodging structures collectively in which people are housed n a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages Hyper arms, blazon, blazonry, coat of arms the official symbols of a family, state, etc. |
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