| 单词 | quarter |
| 释义 | quarterquartersquarterquarter /ˈkwɔːtə $ ˈkwɔːrtər/ noun [countable]1 one of four equal parts that you can divide something into: She cut the cake into quarters.quarter 她把蛋糕切成四等份。quarter ofA quarter of Canada’s population is French-speaking.bespeak加拿大有四分之一的人口说法语。three quarters (of something) (=75%)The house is about three quarters of a mile from the road.bequarter那栋房子离马路有四分之三英里。215 minutes: Can you be ready in a quarter of an hour?一刻钟之内你能准备好吗？(a) quarter to (also (a) quarter of )American English (=15 minutes before the hour)It’s quarter to five.现在是差一刻五点。(a) quarter past (also (a) quarter after )American English (=15 minutes after the hour)It’s a quarter past five.现在是五点一刻。The bus leaves at quarter after.leave这辆公共汽车 15 分发车。3a period of three months: Profits increased in the first quarter.profitincrease第一季度利润增长了。4a coin in the US and Canada worth 25 cents5American English one of the four periods into which a year at school or college is divided ➔ semester6American English one of the four equal periods of time into which some sports games are divided7in/from ... quarters among or from different people: He received help from several quarters.receivequarter他接受了数家团体的帮助。8an area of a town where a particular group of people live: the Latin quarter拉丁区9quarters [plural] rooms that are given to someone to live in as part of their job: the kitchen staff’s living quarterslivequarter 厨房员工的住处 |
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