Halve
[hɑːv] or [hæv]
解釋/意思:
(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.
哈洛錄入
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Divide into two equal parts, bisect.[2]. Scarf (as timbers), join by a scarf.
艾达整理
解釋/意思:
divided into halves: (bot.) appearing as if one side were cut away.—n.pl. Halves (see Half).
卡洛整理
例句/造句/用法:
- 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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Let us do nothing by halves. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- You only go halves, said Laurie consolingly. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- 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. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- That, the question then arose when 'Halves! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- 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. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The cue is then sawed across into halves. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
整理:鲁道夫