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单词 halfsies
释义
halfsies
/ ?hɑ?fsi?z /
  • 简明释义
  • pl.<非正式>对半,两等份(该词用于词组 go halfsies,表示平分)
  • 英英释义
  • abstract:
    • 1

      Halfsies was a breakfast cereal manufactured by Quaker Oats from 1983 through 1984. It was the result of the so-called "sugar backlash" in which the amount of sugar in children's breakfast cereals became an issue.

  • 权威例句
  • 1.

    Halfsies piloted in Austin, Texas, and plans an expansion to New York later this year.

    FORBES: Calories on Restaurant Menus Won't Make Us Eat Less -- But Here's One Thing That Might

  • 2.

    Halfsies is is signing up restaurant partners willing to serve patrons half as much while charging them the regular price.

    FORBES: Calories on Restaurant Menus Won't Make Us Eat Less -- But Here's One Thing That Might

  • 3.

    Then, the restaurant remits the savings from serving less food to Halfsies, which donates it 60 percent to local hunger charities and 40 percent to global food relief organizations.

    FORBES: Calories on Restaurant Menus Won't Make Us Eat Less -- But Here's One Thing That Might

  • 词源
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halfsies:

half +? -sies; compare backsies, swapsies, keepsies.

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