| 单词 | quarter |
| 释义 | quarter /'kwo: ta (r); 'kworte1/ n 1 fourth part G); one of four equal or corresponding parts: 四分之一; 四等分或四相关部分之一： a ~ of a mile; 四分之一哩; a mile and a ~; 一又四分之一哩; a ~ of an hour, 15 minutes; 一刻钟; 十五务钟; an hour and a ~ ,, 一小时又十五分钟; the first ~ of this century, ie 1901-25. 未世纪的前二十五年。 Wg've come a ~ pf the distance now. 我们现在已走了全程的四分之一。 Divide the apples into ~s. 把这些苹果分为四分。 a bad ~ of an hour, a short but unpleasant experience (eg in a dentist's chair). - ，段短暂而不愉快的经验 (如坐在乐脏的椅上) 。 2 point of time 15 minutes before or after any hour: (任何小时之前或后的) 一刻钟： 0 ~ r 。 (US 美 = of) two; 差一刻两点; a ~ past six. 六点一刻。 It isn't the ~ yet. 不到一刻铁。 This clock strikes the week: 阴历一个月的四分之一; 在第一或第三周末月亮之位相： the moon at the first ~ /in its last ~. 上弦 0 弦) 月。→ the illus at phase. 参看 phase 之插图。 9 (pl) lodging; (mil) place where soldiers, etc are lodged or stationed: (U)住所; 寓所; (军) 营房; 军营： take up ~s, lodge; 住宿; return to ~s. 回到住所。 → headquarters at head1 (20). married ~s, place where soldiers, etc lodge with their fam- hours, the half-hours, and the ~s. 这时钟每逢点钟、 半点钟和一刻钟均敲响。 3 three months, esp as a period for which rent and other payments are made: 三个月; 一季 (尤指房地租或其他款项偿付之时期)： owe several ~ s' rent; 欠好几季的房 (地) 租; pay one's rent at the end of each ~. 在每季之末付房 (地) 租。 ' ~- day n first day of a legal ~ of the year, on which rents and other three-monthly accounts are paid (in England, 25 Mar; 24 June; 29 Sept; 25 Dec). 四季结帐日 (即一年中各法定季的第一日，为付房地租及其他按季付款之日，在英国为三月廿五日; 六月廿四日; 九月廿九日; 十二月廿五日) 。 '~ sessions, c court of ~ sessions at court1 (1). 4 (US) 25 cents; a ~ of a dollar. (M) 两角五分; 四分之一元; 两角五分的硬币。 5 joint of meat including a leg: 包括一条腿在内的一大块肉： a ~ of beef; 有条腿在内的一大块牛肉; also used of the living animal (usu in compounds, as 'fore- ~s; 坐 ind- ~s). 也用以指活的动物 (通常用于复合字中，如 fore—s 前半身; hind- ~s 后半身) 。 6 direction; district; source of supply, help, information, etc: 方向; 区域; 供应、援助、浦息等之来源： men running from all ~ s/from every ~; 从四面八方 (从各方) 跑来的人们; travel in every ~ of the globe, everywhere. 在世界各地旅行。 From what ~ does the wind blow? 风从甚么方向吹来？ 4s his father was penniless, he could expect no help from that ~. 因为他父亲身无分文，他不能希望从他父亲那里得到援助。 The suggestion did not find favour in the highest ~s, was not welcomed by those at the head of affairs. 这建议没有得到最高阶层的赞同。 7 division of a town, esp one of a special class of people, etc: 一城市中的一区 (尤指属于某一特殊阶层者)： the Chinese ~ of San Francisco; 旧金山的华人区; the manufacturing/residential 工厂 (住宅) 区。 8 one-fourth of a lunar month; the moon's phase at the end of the first or third ilies. 军眷区。 single ~s, place where unmarried soldiers, etc lodge. (未婚官兵住宿之) 单身营房。 10 at dose ~s, (seen) from very near, 非常接近; 从很近的地方 (看的) 。 11 (pl) positions taken up by sailors on duty on a ship, esp for fighting: (复) (海员在船上于担任职务时，尤指海军在作战时，所占之) 岗位： Officers and men at once took up their ~s. 官兵立即各就其岗位。 12 [U] ask for/give ~. mercy to an enemy; life granted to a defeated enemy who is willing to surrender: 请求 (给予) 饶恕; 宽如敌人; 给自愿投降之敌人活路： No ~ was asked for and none given, There were no prisoners. 无人求饶，未予饶恕 (未留俘虏) 。 13 (naut) rear part of a ship's side: (航海) 船敲之后部; 船尾： on rhe port/starboard ~. 在左 (右) 敲后部。 '~-deck n part of the upper deck between the stem and the aftermast of a warship, reserved for officers; officers of a warship or navy. 军 D 尾与后樯间的上甲板部分; 后甲板 (系供军官所用者上或海军之全体军官。 Q lower deck at low (13), forecastle. 14 (GB) fourth part of a hundredweight, 28 lb; (US) 25 lb; grain-measure of eight bushels. 夸特 (英为 28 磅; 美为 25 磅; 谷量单位为 8 蒲式耳) 。中 App 5. 参看附录五。 15 one of the four parts of a shield used in armorial bearings. 纹章中所用的. 盾形的四分之一。 16 (compounds) (复合字) ， —, final n (sport) one of four competitions or matches, the winners of which play in the semi-finals. (运动) 预赛 (四场比宾之 J, 获胜者参加准决窦) 。 ~-light N triangular section at the front or back window of a car, opened to admit air. (车辆的) 边窗。，~ - master n a (army) (abbr 略作 QM) officer in charge of the stores, etc of a battalion. (陆军) 经理官。 b (navy) petty officer in charge of steering the ship, signals, etc. (海军) 航信士官。 ~-master-'general n (abbr 略称 QMG) staff officer in charge of supplies for a whole army. 经理署长; 军需监。 r ~-plate n photographic plate 3) inches x inches; photograph made from it. 3/ 吋 x 4) 吋大的照相感光板; 由此种感光板照的相片。 '~.staff n strong pole, 6 to 8 ft long, formerly used as a weapon and in a rough kind of fencing. 长六呎到八呎的坚实木棒 (以前用作一种武器，并用于一种粗野的击剑术中) 。 vr 1 [VP6A] divide into ~s: 分…为四份; 四分之： ~ an apple; 把一苹果分为四份; (in former times) divide (a traitor's body) into ~s: (昔时) 将 (叛国贼之尸体) 肢解： condemned to be hanged, dran (→ disembowelled) and ~ed. 被判决处以绞刑，取出肠子，并肢解之。 2 [VP6A, 15A] find lodgings for (troops); place (troops) in lodgings: 为 (军队) 找驻屯处; 安置 (军队) 于驻扎地： ~ troops in the villages. 安置军队驻屯于村中。 ~ing n method of arranging two or more coats of arms, to show alliances with or descent from various families; coat of arms resulting from this. 排列两个或两个以上之纹章以示与不同家族之联姻或为不同家族之后代的方法; 由此种方法排列成之纹章。 |
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