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semi-

/sem-ee, sem-ahy/US // ˈsɛm i, ˈsɛm aɪ //UK // (ˈsɛmɪ) //

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : semitrailer.
    • : Often semis. semifinal.

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Examples

  • Here they are semi-touching at a grocery store; she likes kombucha.

  • Brinsley stepped up to the passenger side of the patrol car, raised a silver Taurus semi-automatic pistol and began firing.

  • Tiger Lily and her tribe, however, were outfitted in semi-realistic outfits (read: nearly naked).

  • For the next hour and half I was the willing sex slave of a semi-professional Master I had met through a friend.

  • After curing the elderly of their semi-suicidal depression, winning the White House must seem like a snap.

  • Our troops have done all that flesh and blood can do against semi-permanent works, and they are not able to carry them.

  • The stop-keys will be seen arranged in an inclined semi-circle overhanging and just above the keyboards.

  • There are four types: bituminous (soft), anthracite (hard), semi-bituminous and semi-anthracite.

  • There were semi-savage native chiefs, and there were others, like Aguinaldo himself, with humane instincts.

  • The brilliant light of a policeman's torch sliced through the semi-darkness and spotted him.