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

单词	moiety
释义	moi·e·ty \ˈmȯiəd.ē, -ətē, -i\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English moite, from Middle French moité, from Late Latin medietat-, medietas, from medie- (from Latin medius middle) + -tat-, -tas -ty — more at mid 1. a. : one of two equal portions : half < the site was conveyed by lease in two distinct moieties — E.K.Chambers > b. : one of two approximately equal portions < war, pestilence, and famine had consumed … the moiety of the human species — Edward Gibbon > 2. a. : one of the portions into which something is divided : component, part < the psychopathic moiety of the personality — British Journal of Delinquency > < the hemoglobin molecule contains four heme moieties — Lionel Whitby > specifically : a share paid by the government to an informer out of duties and penalties collected because of his help < the moiety paid to an informer must be 25 percent of the value of the amount recovered — Chicago Tribune > b. obsolete : a small portion : fraction < thine being but a moiety of my grief — Shakespeare > 3. : one of two basic complementary tribal subdivisions; especially : one (as a phratry) of two unilateral usually exogamous groups
随便看	mowt moxa moxibustion moxie moxieberry moxieplum moy moyen moyen moyen-age moyen-âge mozabite mozambican mozambique mozarab mozarabic mozartean mozartian mozca mozetta mozo mozzarella mozzetta mozzie mp

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