1. 可数名词:四分之一;四等分之一;季度
2. 可数名词:一刻钟
3. 可数名词:付款的季度
4. 可数名词:(美国、加拿大的)25分硬币
5.地方,地域
6. 可数名词:(城市中的)区;一区的居民
7.夸特(谷物等的容量单位)
8. 不可数名词:(对敌人的)宽恕,饶命
9. 可数名词:(牛、羊、家禽等)切成四分后的一块,包括整条腿的大块肉
10.(罗盘针)方位,方角
11.住处;军营
12.(消息等的)来源
13.(上、下)弦月
v. 及物动词:
1.把...四等分
2.供...住宿;使(部队)驻扎( on)
v. 不及物动词:
1.住宿;驻扎( at/with)
词形变化
- 时态 quartered,quartering,quarters
- 这些名词均有“地区”之意。
district多指由政府等机构出于行政管理等目的而明确划分的地区。
region普通用词,常指地球上、大气中具有自然分界线的区域,特指按照气候、人体或其他特征鲜明、自成一体的地区。
area普通用词,指整体中较大的,界线不分明的一部分。
section普通用词,指城市、国家或天然界线形成的地区。
zone科技用词,指圆形或弧形地带,尤指地图上按温度划分的五个地带。用作一般意义时,也可指具有某种特征的其它地区。
belt从本义“带,带状物”引申而指任何广阔的长条地带,也可指种植某种作物的地区。
quarter指城市里具有相同性质或独特风味的地区,比section范围小,但划分更精确。
neighbourhood指比section的划定更清楚,范围更小。具体指城市中的住宅区,也可指附近一带。
- divide into quarters
- provide housing for (military personnel)
- a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
- one of four periods of play into which some games are divided
- one of the four major division of the compass
- a fourth part of a year; three months
- a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
- a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
- a district of a city having some distinguishing character
- an unspecified person
- a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar
- piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
- divide by four; divide into quarters
- one of four periods into which the school year is divided
- one of four equal parts
- clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
- the rear part of a ship