quartered
英 ['kwɔ:təd] 美 ['kwɔtəd]

adj.

四分的，提供住所的；方隔墙；

英英释义

quarter[ 'kwɔ:təd ]

• n.
  • one of four equal parts

    "a quarter of a pound"

    同义词：one-fourthfourthfourth parttwenty-five percentquartern

  • a district of a city having some distinguishing character
  • one of four periods of play into which some games are divided

    "both teams scored in the first quarter"

  • a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour

    "it's a quarter til 4"; "a quarter after 4 o'clock"

  • one of four periods into which the school year is divided

    "the fall quarter ends at Christmas"

  • a fourth part of a year; three months

    "unemployment fell during the last quarter"

  • one of the four major division of the compass

    "the wind is coming from that quarter"

  • a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
  • a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
  • a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar

    "he fed four quarters into the slot machine"

  • an unspecified person

    "he dropped a word in the right quarter"

  • the rear part of a ship

    同义词：sternafter partpooptail

  • piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
  • clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent

    "he surrendered but asked for quarter"

• v.
  • provide housing for (military personnel)

    同义词：billetcanton

  • pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him

    "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"

    同义词：drawdraw and quarter

  • divide into quarters

    "quarter an apple"

  • divide by four; divide into quarters

词组短语

first quarter第一个季度；上弦月；上弦

fourth quarter第四季度；第四节

a quarter of四分之一的；四分之一

one quarter num. 四分之一

residential quarter居住小区，住宅区

last quarter n. 最后一个季度；下弦月；下弦月至新月间之时间

at close quarters接近地

living quarter住舱；生活块；居住区

quarter century四分之一世纪

on the quarter【航海学】在船侧后半部，在船尾部

from every quarter 从各处…, 从四面八方…[亦作 from all quarters]

in every quarter 在各处,到处[亦作 in all quarters]

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双语例句

1. It's a quarter to4 o'clock.There are only5 minutes left to the end of the game.Our team, with a4 to0 lead, are simply running out the clock.
   现在是3：45分，离比赛结束只剩5分钟了，我们队以4比0领先，现在只是在打防守战。
2. She quartered the apple.
   她把苹果切成四份。
3. I went out to see him hanged, drawn, and quartered, which was done, he looked as cheerful as any man could do in that condition.
   我出去看他被套上绞索、挖出肠脏、大剁八块，这些都给施行了; 比起任何一个处此情况下的人，他看来都要泰然自得。

权威例句

‘Dual city’: a muddy metaphor for a quartered city
Electromechanical deflections of piezoelectric tubes with quartered electrodes
Mammalian evolution. Placentals' family tree drawn and quartered
Placentals' Family Tree Drawn and Quartered
Quartered neighbor method: A new distance method for density estimation
Adrenal Glands in Vitamin E Deficiency: in vitro Corticoid Synthesis by Quartered Adrenal Glands of Rats deprived of Vitamin E
Method of converting plain-grained boards into quartered-grained boards
Effects of ethane dimethanesulfonate (EDS) on adult and immature rabbit Leydig cells: Comparison with EDS-treated rat Leydig cells
In vitro induction of tetraploids in Arachis paraguariensis
Cervical ripening: a randomized study comparing prostaglandin E2 gel to prostaglandin E2 suppositories