quart
noun/kwɔːt/
/kwɔːrt/
(abbreviation qt)
Idioms - a unit for measuring liquids, equal to 2 pints or about 1.14 litres in the UK and Canada, and 0.95 of a litre in the US
夸脱（液量单位，在英国和加拿大等于 2 品脱或 1.14 升，在美国等于 0.95 升） Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French quarte, from Latin quarta (pars) ‘fourth (part)’, from quartus ‘fourth’, from quattuor ‘four’.
Idioms
put a quart into a pint pot
- (British English) to put something into a space that is too small for it
将…置于容不下之处 - Writing a history of the world in a single volume is like putting a quart into a pint pot.
在一本书中写一部世界历史就像将一夸脱放入一品脱壶中一样。
- Writing a history of the world in a single volume is like putting a quart into a pint pot.