| 释义 |
half/hɑ:f/ n., predet., adj. & adv.●n. (pl. halves /hɑ:vz/) 1 either of two equal or corresponding parts or groups into which a thing, number, or quantity, is or might be divided 半，一半 2 colloq. [口] = HALF-BACK 3 Brit. colloq. half a pint, esp. of beer etc. [英口]半品脱(尤指啤酒等) 4 either of two equal periods of play in sports (体育比赛中)半场；半局 5 colloq. a half-price fare or ticket, esp. for a child [口]半票(尤指儿童票) 6 Golf a score for an individual hole that is the same as one's opponent's 【高尔夫球】与对手击数相等 ●predet. of an amount or quantity equal to a half, or loosely to a part thought of as roughly a half 一半；大约一半 take half the men 带走一半人; spent half the time reading 花一半时间阅读; half a pint 半品脱 ●adj. forming a half 一半的 a half share 半份 ●adv. 1 (often in comb. 常用于复合词) to the extent of half; partly 一半地；部分地 only half-cooked 仅半熟; half-frozen 半冷冻的; half-laughing 浅笑；似笑非笑 2 to a certain extent; somewhat (esp. in idiomatic phrases 尤用于习语 : half dead 半死; am half inclined to agree 几乎同意) 部分地；相当程度地 3 (in reckoning time) by the amount of half (an hour etc.) (计算时间)半小时 half past two 两点半 □ at half cock see 见 COCK1 □ by half (prec. by 前接 too + adj.) excessively 非常地；过分地 too clever by half 太聪明了 □ by halves imperfectly or incompletely 不完全地；不彻底地 never does things by halves 做事不要半途而废 □ half the battle see 见 BATTLE □ half a chance colloq. [口] the slightest opportunity esp. 尤用于 given half a chance 只要给一点机会一点点机会 □ half an eye the slightest degree of perceptiveness 接近失明；视力很差 □ have half a mind see 见 MIND □ the half of it colloq. the rest or more important part of something [口]其余部分；更重要的部分 usu. after neg. 通常用于否定词后 : you don't know the half of it 你不了解 □ half the time see 见 TIME □ not half 1 not nearly 相差很远；几乎不 not half long enough 不够长 2 colloq. not at all [口]一点也不；毫不 not half bad 不错；相当好 3 Brit. slang to an extreme degree [英] [俚语]非常地 he didn't half get angry 他非常生气 [Old English half, healf, from Germanic]■ Usage 用法说明 In sense 3 of the adverb, the word past is often omitted in colloquial usage, e.g. She came at half two. In some parts of Scotland and Ireland this means ‘half past one’. 在副词释义 3 中， past 在口语中常被省略，例如 She came at half two (她两点半来)。在苏格兰和爱尔兰部分地区，这表示“一点半”。 |