| 单词 | half pay |
| 释义 | half /häf/noun (pl halves /hävz/ or (except for the first definition) halfs)
ORIGIN: OE (Anglian) half (WSax healf) side, half; cf Ger halb; Dan halv halfˈen adjective (Spenser) Half halfˈendeale adverb (Spenser) Half halfˈlin or halfˈling noun (Scot)
Half-grown halfˈlings or halfˈlins adverb (Scot)
Half-grown halfˈ-adder noun (computing) A circuit having two inputs and outputs, which can add two binary digits and give the sum and the carry digit halfˈ-and-halfˈ noun A mixture of two things in equal proportions, traditionally beer or stout and ale adjective and adverb
halfˈ-ape noun A lemur halfˈ-arsed or (US) halfˈ-assed adjective (vulgar sl) Stupid, useless halfˈback noun
halfˈ-bakedˈ adjective
halfˈ-ball noun (snooker, etc) A shot in which the cue ball is aimed at the edge of the object ball halfˈ-baptize or halfˈ-baptise transitive verb To baptize privately and hastily halfˈbeak noun A fish (Hyporhynchus, etc) with a spearlike under-jaw halfˈ-binding noun A bookbinding with only backs and corners of leather or a similar material halfˈ-blood noun
halfˈ-blooded adjective halfˈ-blue noun (at university) a substitute for a full blue, or the colours awarded him or her half board noun
halfˈ-boot noun A boot reaching halfway to the knee halfˈ-bound adjective Bound in half-binding halfˈ-bred adjective
halfˈ-breed noun A person or animal of mixed breed (of people, usu with one white and one non-white parent; offensive) halfˈ-brother noun A brother with whom one has only one parent in common halfˈ-butt noun (billiards, etc) A cue longer than the standard snooker cue halfˈ-caf or halfˈ-caff noun (informal) Caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee in equal proportions halfˈ-cap noun (Shakespeare) A cap only partly taken off, a slight salute halfˈ-caste noun (offens) A person whose parents are from different races, esp a Eurasian half-cenˈtury noun
halfˈ-chance noun A slight opportunity, esp to score in football halfˈ-checked adjective (Shakespeare) With reins attached halfway up the side-piece of the bit, giving little leverage halfˈ-cheek noun (Shakespeare) A face in profile halfˈ-close noun (music) An imperfect cadence half-cockˈ noun
adverb In that position halfˈ-cockedˈ adjective half-crownˈ noun
half-cutˈ adjective (informal) Drunk half-dayˈ noun
half-deadˈ adjective (informal) Very weary, exhausted half-dollˈar noun An American coin worth 50 cents (also adjective) halfˈ-done adjective
halfˈ-door noun The lower part of a divided door half-dozˈen noun and adjective Six half-dūˈplex adjective (computing, telegraphy, etc) Allowing communication or transmission in both directions, but not simultaneously halfe-horsˈy adjective (Spenser) (of the Centaurs) partly of the nature of horses half-evˈergreen adjective
halfˈ-face noun Profile halfˈ-faced adjective (Shakespeare)
halfˈ-frame adjective (of a photograph) taking up half the normal area of a frame halfˈ-hardy adjective Able to grow in the open air except in winter half-heartˈed adjective Lacking in zeal half-heartˈedly adverb half-heartˈedness noun half hitch noun A simple knot tied round an object half-holˈiday noun Half of a working day for recreation half-hose see hose half-hourˈ noun
half-hourˈly adjective and adverb At intervals of 30 minutes half-hunter see hunter under hunt half-inchˈ noun Half of an inch of length transitive verb (rhyming sl) To pinch, steal half-inˈteger noun A number formed by the division of an odd integer by two half-inˈtegral adjective halfˈ-kirtle noun A kind of jacket worn by women in the 16 and 17c halfˈ-landing noun A small landing at the bend of a staircase halfˈ-leather noun A half-binding for a book, with leather on back and corners halfˈ-length noun A portrait showing the upper part of the body adjective Of half the whole or ordinary length halfˈ-life noun The period of time in which activity of a radioactive substance falls to half its original value halfˈ-light noun
halfˈ-loaf noun A loaf of half the standard weight half-marˈathon noun A foot-race just over half the length of a marathon (21.243km, 13 miles 352 yards) half mast noun The position of a flag partly lowered, in respect for the dead or in signal of distress half-mastˈ adverb and transitive verb half measure noun (often in pl) any means inadequate for the end proposed half-milˈer noun A runner specializing in races of 800 metres or half a mile half-moonˈ noun
half-mournˈing noun
half nelson see nelson halfˈ-note noun (music; N American) A minim half-oneˈ noun (golf)
half pay noun Reduced pay, as for an officer not on active service halfˈ-pay adjective On half pay halfpenny /hāpˈni/ noun (pl halfpence /hāˈpəns/, or halfpennies /hāpˈniz/)
adjective Valued at a halfpenny halfpennyworth /hāpˈni-wûrth/ noun (also hap'orth /hāpˈərth/) as much as is sold for a halfpenny or is worth a halfpenny halfˈ-pie adjective (Maori pai good; NZ inf)
halfˈ-pike noun
halfˈ-pint noun (slang) A very small person halfˈ-pipe noun A U-shaped structure made of concrete or hard snow used by skateboarders or snowboarders in performing stunts halfˈ-plate see plate halfˈ-pound noun Half a pound adjective Weighing half a pound half-poundˈer noun
half-priceˈ noun A charge reduced to half adjective and adverb At half the usual price half-roundˈ noun A semicircle adjective (Milton) Semicircular half-royˈal noun A kind of millboard half-seas-oˈver adjective and adverb
halfˈ-shell noun One shell or valve of a bivalve half-shiftˈ noun A position of the hand in violin-playing giving notes a semitone above the open-string position halfˈ-sister noun A sister with whom one has only one parent in common half-sizeˈ noun Any size in clothes, etc halfway between two full sizes halfˈ-sole noun The part of a shoe-sole from the instep to the toe half-soveˈreign noun A gold coin worth half-a-sovˈereign or ten shillings half-starvedˈ adjective Very inadequately fed half step noun (music; N American) A semitone halfˈ-sword noun Fighting within half a sword's length, close fighting half-termˈ noun (a holiday taken at) the mid point of an academic term halfˈ-text noun Handwriting half the size of text (also adjective) halfˈ-tide noun The stage midway between flood and ebb adjective Uncovered at half-tide half-timˈbered adjective Built of a timber frame, with spaces filled in half-timeˈ noun
adjective /häf'/ At or for half-time half-timˈer noun Someone who works half the full time halfˈ-tint noun Intermediate tone, between light and dark half-tiˈtle noun
halfˈ-tone adjective Representing light and shade photographically by dots of different sizes noun
halfˈ-track noun A motor vehicle with wheels in front and caterpillar tracks behind (also adjective) halfˈ-truth noun
half volley see volley halfwayˈ (sometimes /häfˈwā/) adverb
halfˈway adjective Equidistant from two points halfway house noun
half-wellington see wellington halfˈwit noun
halfwittˈed adjective
halfˈ-year noun Half of a year, six months half-yearˈly adjective Occurring or appearing every half-year adverb Twice a year noun A half-yearly publication by half By a long way by halves
cry halves To claim half go halves To share equally half past one, two, etc, half after one, two, etc (informal) Thirty minutes after one o'clock, two o'clock, etc how the other half lives (facetious) Other (esp richer or poorer) people's way of life not half (slang)
one's other (or better) half One's spouse or partner |
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