half
noun /hɑːf/
/hæf/
(plural halves
Idioms /hɑːvz/
/hævz/
)一半;半 - two and a half kilos (= 2½)
两公斤半 - One and a half hours are allowed for the exam.
考试时间为一个半小时。 - An hour and a half is allowed for the exam.
考试时间为一个半小时。 - half of something in the first half of the 20th century
在20世纪上半叶 - The second half of the book is more exciting.
书的后半部分比较刺激有趣。 - The two halves of the city were reunited in 1990.
这座城市的两部分于1990年重新统一。 - the left half of the brain
左脑 - the lower half of the window
窗户的下半部 - the northern half of the country
该国北半部 - in half I've divided the money in half.
我把钱平均分成了两半。 - by half We'll need to reduce the weight by half.
我们得把重量减轻一半。
Grammar Point half / whole / quarterhalf / whole / quartersee also halve- Quarter, half and whole can all be nouns:
quarter、half 和 whole 均可作名词: - Cut the apple into quarters.
把苹果切成四等份。 - Two halves make a whole.
两个一半构成一个整体。
- Cut the apple into quarters.
- Whole is also an adjective:
whole 亦作形容词: - I’ve been waiting here for a whole hour.
我在这儿等了整整一个小时。
- I’ve been waiting here for a whole hour.
- Half is also a determiner:
half 亦作限定词: - Half (of) the work is already finished.
工作已经完成了一半。 - They spent half the time looking for a parking space.
他们花了一半的时间寻找停车位。 - Her house is half a mile down the road.
她的房子在这条路上前面半英里远的地方。
注意在此用法中 half 前面不加 a 或 the: - I waited for half an hour
我等了半个小时。 - I waited for a half an hour.
- Half (of) the work is already finished.
- Half can also be used as an adverb:
- This meal is only half cooked.
这饭只煮了个半熟。
- This meal is only half cooked.
- Cut the remaining half into large chunks.
把剩下的一半切成大块。 - Over a half of all accidents happen in the home.
超过半数的事故是在家里发生的。 - She's four and a half years old now.
她现在四岁半。 - in the latter half of the 19th century
19 世纪后半叶 - the rear half of the car
汽车的后半部 - We split the work half and half.
我们把工作对半分。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- first
- second
- last
- …
- by half
- in half
- in the… half
- …
- about half
- almost half
- around half
- …
- two and a half kilos (= 2½)
(比赛、音乐会等的)半场,半局 - in the… half No goals were scored in the first half.
上半场没有得分。 - half of something She played well in the second half of the match.
她在比赛的下半场打得很好。 - He made two superb saves in the first two minutes of the half.
他在上半场的前两分钟做出了两次精彩的扑救。 - We had a few chances to score in both halves.
我们在上半场都有几次得分的机会。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- first
- second
- last
- …
- by half
- in half
- in the… half
- …
- about half
- almost half
- around half
- …
- in the… half No goals were scored in the first half.
- (also half back, North American English halfback)one of the defending players in hockey or rugby whose position is between those who play at the front of a team and those who play at the back
see also scrum half(曲棍球或橄榄球的)前卫 - (also half back, North American English halfback, tailback)one of the two attacking players in american football whose position is behind the quarterback and next to the full backs
(美式橄榄球的)半卫 - (also half back, North American English halfback)[uncountable] the position a half back plays at (also called a tailback in american football)
到一半程度;半 - (British English, informal) half a pint (= 0.568 of a litre in the UK and some other countries, and 0.473 of a litre in the US) of beer or a similar drink
(啤酒等饮料的)半品脱 - Two halves of bitter, please.
请来两杯半品脱的苦啤酒。
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- Two halves of bitter, please.
词源Old English half, healf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch half and German halb (adjectives). The earliest meaning of the Germanic base was ‘side’, also a noun sense in Old English.
Idioms
and a half
- (informal) bigger, better, more important, etc. than usual
更大(或好、重要等)的;非同寻常的;出色的 - That was a game and a half!
那场比赛真棒!
- That was a game and a half!
do nothing/not do anything by halves
- to do whatever you do completely and to the greatest possible degree
做任何事情都完全彻底;善始善终;不半途而废 - You're expecting twins? Well, you never did do anything by halves.
你怀了对双胞胎?唔,你倒是一步到位。
- You're expecting twins? Well, you never did do anything by halves.
go half and half | go halves (with somebody)
- to share the cost of something equally with somebody
(和某人)平均分摊费用 - We go halves on all the bills.
我们平均分摊所有的费用。
- We go halves on all the bills.
the half of it
- used in negative sentences to say that a situation is worse or more complicated than somebody thinks
(用于否定句)比想象的更糟糕(或更复杂)的部分 - ‘It sounds very difficult.’ ‘You don't know the half of it.’
“这事听起来很难。” “你还未了解更困难的一面呢。”
- ‘It sounds very difficult.’ ‘You don't know the half of it.’
have a good mind to do something | have half a mind to do something
- used to say that you think you will do something, although you are not sure
想去做某事,可能会做某事(但不确定) - I've half a mind to come with you tomorrow.
明天我可能会和你一起去。
- I've half a mind to come with you tomorrow.
- used to say that you think that what somebody has done is bad and should do something about it, although you probably will not
(表明有心做某事,但未必采取行动) - I've a good mind to write and tell your parents about it.
我真想写信给你父母,告诉他们这件事。
- I've a good mind to write and tell your parents about it.
how the other half lives
- the way of life of a different social group, especially one much richer than you
另一类人的生活方式(尤指比自己富有得多的人)
it’s six of one and half a dozen of the other
- (saying) used to say that there is not much real difference between two possible choices
Topics Preferences and decisionsc2半斤八两;不相上下
time and a half
- one and a half times the usual rate of pay
通常工资的一倍半 - We get time and a half on Sundays.
星期天我们有一个半小时的时间。
- We get time and a half on Sundays.
too clever, etc. by half
- (British English, informal, disapproving) clever, etc. in a way that annoys you or makes you not trust somebody/something
聪明(等)过头