Halve
[hɑːv] or [hæv]
解释:
(n.) A half.
(v. t.) To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple; to be or form half of.
(v. t.) To join, as two pieces of timber, by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
哈洛录入
同义词及近义词:
v. a. [1]. Divide into two equal parts, bisect.[2]. Scarf (as timbers), join by a scarf.
艾达整理
解释:
divided into halves: (bot.) appearing as if one side were cut away.—n.pl. Halves (see Half).
卡洛整理
例句:
- As the Roman world was divided into the eastern and western halves, so was the Chinese world into the southern and the northern. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Let us do nothing by halves. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- You only go halves, said Laurie consolingly. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- It was felt at once that the mouth did not come over from Sleswig with a band of Saxon pirates whose lips met like the two halves of a muffin. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- That, the question then arose when 'Halves! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- I never do things by halves, as you know, and I mean to have the house clear of a pack of useless people by this time to-morrow. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The cue is then sawed across into halves. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
整理:鲁道夫