| 释义 |
quart/kwɔ:t/n. 1 a liquid measure equal to a quarter of a gallon; two pints 夸脱(液体容量单位，等于 2 品脱或 1/4 加仑) 2 a vessel containing this amount 一夸脱容器 3 US a dry measure, equivalent to one-thirty-second of a bushel (1.1 litre) [美]夸脱(干量单位，相当于 1/32 蒲式耳或 1.1 升) 4 /kɑ:t/ (also 亦作 quarte, carte) the fourth of eight parrying positions in fencing (击剑中的)右胸开脱 (8 种防御姿势中的第 4 种架势，手掌向上，剑指对手右胸) □ a quart into a pint pot Brit. [英] 1 a large amount etc. fitted into a small space 以小容大 2 something difficult or impossible to achieve 做不可能做到的事 [Middle English via Old French quarte from Latin quarta, fem. of quartus ‘fourth’, from quattuor ‘four’] |