quarter-hour / ˈkwɔr tərˈaʊər, -ˈaʊ ər /

💦中学词汇四分之一小时四小时四分之一个小时

quarter-hour 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. a period of 15 minutes.
  2. a point 15 minutes after or before the hour.

更多quarter-hour例句

  1. So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.
  2. Officials have said the war to reclaim upward of a third of Iraq and a quarter of Syria from ISIS could take years.
  3. By contrast, John McCain, the eventual GOP nominee, had raised approximately $12.7 million in the first quarter of 2007 alone.
  4. An hour later, he scored a second flight to Johannesburg for $380.
  5. He was released within the hour without a bond on his own recognizance.
  6. The night wore on, and the clock downstairs was striking the hour of two when she suddenly awakened.
  7. The sound of my step shall make your heart jump; a look from me shall make you dumb for an hour.
  8. Words are often everywhere as the minute-hands of the soul, more important than even the hour-hands of action.
  9. After an hour, however, he reached this decision: He would not go to or call up Mrs. Merley.
  10. It was the darkest hour of twilight, when there was just enough of gleam from the lurid sky, to shew the outline of objects.