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quartering

/kwawr-ter-ing/US // ˈkwɔr tər ɪŋ //UK // (ˈkwɔːtərɪŋ) //

驻扎,驻军,驻扎在一起,驻留

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of a person or thing that quarters.
    • : the assignment of quarters or lodgings.
    • : Heraldry. the division of an escutcheon into quarters. the marshaling of various coats of arms on an escutcheon.any of the coats of arms so marshaled.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : that quarters.
    • : lying at right angles.
    • : Nautical. blowing on a ship's quarter.

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Examples

  • A short list might be made of English poets who witnessed with their own eyes a hanging, drawing, and quartering.

  • Or the one about quartering abortion soldiers in private abortion houses?

  • It was not seen again, and still more beams winked on, began to search, systematically quartering the sky.

  • But the novelty of Mosby's mode of warfare consisted chiefly in the manner of subsisting, quartering and protecting his men.

  • In 1765 a Quartering Act was passed by which 10,000 imperial troops were quartered in the colonies.

  • The skinning and quartering took up the whole afternoon, and Billy was heavily laden when he drew his cart home.

  • At it we went, but in front and quartering on the left thick masses of the enemy slowly but steadily advanced upon us.