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half-round

/haf-round, hahf-/US // ˈhæfˈraʊnd, ˈhɑf- //

半圆形,半圆型,半圆,半圆的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : semicircular in cross section, as a molding or piece of type.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : anything that is semicircular in cross section.
    • : Printing. a curved stereotype plate.

Examples

  • France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.

  • Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.

  • 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.

  • As a result, training squadrons—called Formal Training Units (FTU)—are being staffed with less than half the people they need.

  • Travel Noire fellows earned about a half million travel miles in 2014.

  • Of course, considerations of weight have to be taken into account, but the more mould round the roots the better.

  • It is the principal waste-product of metabolism, and constitutes about one-half of all the solids excreted—about 30 gm.

  • A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.

  • In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).

  • Hilda, trembling at the door, more than half expected Mr. Orgreave to say: "You mean, she's invited herself."