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three-quarter

/three-kwawr-ter/US // ˈθriˈkwɔr tər //

四分之三,四分之一,四分之三

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : consisting of or involving three quarters of a whole or of the usual length: a blouse with a three-quarter sleeve.
    • : showing the face as seen from in front and somewhat to the side: a three-quarter view.

Examples

  • Their three-day scientific outing was paid for by Epstein and was big success.

  • Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.

  • One of the other cops fired three times and those who were still able to give chase did.

  • Officials have said the war to reclaim upward of a third of Iraq and a quarter of Syria from ISIS could take years.

  • So I was looking back at the years, and that really popped out at me, those three years.

  • It is thinner than that of chronic bronchitis, and upon standing separates into three layers of pus, mucus, and frothy serum.

  • I waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.

  • There are three things a wise man will not trust: the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and woman's plighted faith.

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

  • It separates into three layers upon standing—a brown deposit, a clear fluid, and a frothy layer.