quarter
英 [ˈkwɔ:tə(r)] 美 [ˈkwɔrtə(r)]

n.

四分之一；一刻钟；地区；（美式足球的）一节

vt.

把…四等分；供…住宿；使（士兵）驻扎；

变形

复数：quarters过去式：quartered过去分词：quartered现在分词：quartering第三人称单数：quarters

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C]四分之一 a fourth part of a whole
2. [C]一刻钟,十五分钟 15 minutes before or after an hour
3. [C]两角五分的硬币,四分之一元 25 cents; fourth parts of a dollar
4. [C]三个月,一个季度 three months, especially used for making payments
5. [P]住处,营房 accommodation, especially for soldiers
6. [C]方向; 地区,城镇的一部分 direction; district; part of a town
7. [C]人,团体 person or group of people
8. [C]上弦或下弦; 太阴月的四分之一 one fourth of a lunar month; position of the moon at the end of the first and third of these
9. [U]慈悲,宽恕 mercy shown towards an enemy who has surrendered or to an opponent who is in one's power

v.(动词)

1. vt. 把…四等分 cut or divide into four parts
2. vt. 使(士兵)驻扎,供…住宿 provide lodgings for (especially soldiers)

英英释义

quarter[ 'kwɔ:tə ]

• 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

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• ask for quarter请求饶命
• cut into the quarters切成四等份
• cut up the quarters切成四等份
• find quarters找到住处
• give quarter饶恕,饶命
• provide quarters提供住处
• receive quarter得到宽恕,被免一死
• share quarters with sb和某人住在一起
• show quarter表示宽恕
• take up one's quarters住下

形容词+～

• certain quarter某一地区
• close quarters狭窄的寓所
• comfortable quarters舒适的住处
• living quarters住处
• slum quarters贫民区
• suitable quarters适当的住处
• wealthy quarters富人居住区
• working-class quarters工人住宅区

名词+～

• business quarters商务区
• shopping quarters商业区
• winter quarters冬季住房
• summer quarters夏季住房

介词+～

• at close quarters逼近,接近
• from all quarters来自各方
• from every quarter从四面八方
• in quarters在寓所里
• in some quarter在某个地区
• on the quarter每隔15分钟

～+介词

• a quarter after three〈美〉三点一刻
• a quarter of a mile四分之一英里
• a quarter of an hour一刻钟
• a quarter past three三点一刻
• a quarter to ten九点三刻
• certain quarter in the town市镇的某地区
• every quarter of the globe世界各地
• quarter of the moon弦月

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

• quarter an apple把一个苹果四等分

～+介词

• quarter oneself on投宿在…
• quarter oneself with sb和某人一起住

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]

更多收起词组短语

同近义词辨析

region, area, districk, belt, neighbourhood, zone, section, quarter

这组词都有“地区”的意思，其区别是：

region普通用词，常指地球上、大气中具有自然分界线的区域，特指按照气候、人体或其他特征鲜明、自成一体的地区。

area普通用词，指整体中较大的，界线不分明的一部分。

districk多指由政府等机构出于行政管理等目的而明确划分的地区。

belt从本义“带，带状物”引申而指任何广阔的长条地带，也可指种植某种作物的地区。

neighbourhood指比section的划定更清楚，范围更小。具体指城市中的住宅区，也可指附近一带。

zone科技用词，指圆形或弧形地带，尤指地图上按温度划分的五个地带。用作一般意义时，也可指具有某种特征的其它地区。

section普通用词，指城市、国家或天然界线形成的地区。

quarter指城市里具有相同性质或独特风味的地区，比section范围小，但划分更精确。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. Only a quarter of the earth is land.
   仅仅地球的四分之一是陆地。
2. It's a quarter past ten.
   现在是十点一刻。
3. The flight was put off about a quarter, because of ground fog.
   由于地面有雾，这次班机推迟1 刻钟。
4. The rent is due at the end of each quarter.
   缴纳租金以每季度末为期限。
5. The quarter is used most often as a tip for small services.
   对于小服务，小费往往给25美分。
6. The city has a busy Chinese quarter.
   这个城市有个热闹的华人区。
7. He lives in the student quarter of the city.
   他住在城里的学生居住区。
8. From which quarter is the wind blowing?
   风从哪个方向吹来?
9. Her travels had taken her to every quarter of the globe.
   她游遍了世界各地。

用作动词(v.)

1. We should quarter a pineapple.
   我们应该把这个菠萝分成四等份。

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