half / hæf, hɑf /

⭐基础词汇一半半数半个半个月

half3 个定义

n. 名词 noun

plural halves [havz, hahvz]. /hævz, hɑvz/.

  1. one of two equal or approximately equal parts of a divisible whole, as an object, or unit of measure or time; a part of a whole equal or almost equal to the remainder.
  2. a quantity or amount equal to such a part.
  3. Sports. either of two equal periods of play, usually with an intermission or rest period separating them.Compare quarter.
adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. being one of two equal or approximately equal parts of a divisible whole: a half quart.
  2. being half or about half of anything in degree, amount, length, etc.: at half speed; half sleeve.
  3. partial or incomplete: half measures.
adv. 副词 adverb
  1. in or to the extent or measure of half.
  2. in part; partly; incompletely: half understood.
  3. to some extent; almost: half recovered.

half 近义词

adj. 形容词 adjective

partial

n. 名词 noun

one of two equal parts of a whole

half构成的短语

  • half a heart, with
  • half a loaf is better than none
  • half a mind
  • half of it
  • half the battle
  • at half-mast
  • better half
  • by half
  • glass is half full
  • go halfway
  • go off (half-cocked)
  • in half
  • not bad (half bad)
  • six of one, half dozen of the other
  • time and a half
  • with half an eye

更多half例句

  1. Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.
  2. My dad was a sailor, and all through my childhood he was away half of the time at sea, and to an extent I have a similar job.
  3. As a result, training squadrons—called Formal Training Units (FTU)—are being staffed with less than half the people they need.
  4. Travel Noire fellows earned about a half million travel miles in 2014.
  5. Murders in the City of Angels have fallen by about half in the last 10 years: no small feat for such a big city.
  6. It is the principal waste-product of metabolism, and constitutes about one-half of all the solids excreted—about 30 gm.
  7. A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
  8. Hilda, trembling at the door, more than half expected Mr. Orgreave to say: "You mean, she's invited herself."
  9. All changes are to be Rang either by walking them (as the term is) or else Whole-pulls, or Half-pulls.
  10. The Vine is a universal favorite, and rarely out of view; while it often seems to cover half the ground in sight.