quarter

四分之一

一刻钟

季度

【音】四分音符

(每学年分为四个学期制度中的)一学期

方位; 象限

方面; 领域; 来源

地区; 街区; [pl. ]住处; 宿舍; 营房; 岗位

月球公转的1/4; 弦

(美国、加拿大的)两角五分钱, 两角五分的辅币

1/4哩; 1/4码; 1/4英担; 1/4磅; 1/4平方公里 的土地

【体】(橄榄球赛的)1/4场; 1/4哩的赛跑

(受刑者被肢解后的)四分之一尸体

[常用复](活的四肢动物的)一肢(包括整条腿的大块肉)

(人、马等的)腰, 臀部

船(舷)的后部

(鞋帮等的)后侧部

(机器零件的)相互垂直

【建】间柱(柱与柱之间的小柱)⑵⑽(对投降者的)宽恕, 慈悲; 免死; 生命保障 ⑵

(纹章中的)盾形四分之一 ⑵

(谷量单位)八蒲式耳(=1/4吨)

quarter

one of four equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, amount, etc

Also called: fourth the fraction equal to one divided by four (1/4)

a quarter of a dollar; 25-cent piece

a unit of weight equal to a quarter of a hundredweight. 1 US quarter is equal to 25 pounds; 1 Brit quarter is equal to 28 pounds

short for quarter-hour

a fourth part of a year; three months

one fourth of the moon's period of revolution around the earth.either of two phases of the moon, first quarter or last quarter when half of the lighted surface is visible from the earth

a unit of weight equal to a quarter of a pound or 4 ounces

a unit of capacity for grain, etc, usually equal to 8 U.K. bushels

one of the four periods into which certain games are divided

the part of a vessel's side towards the stern, usually aft of the aftermost mast

the general direction along the water in the quadrant between the beam of a vessel and its stern

a region or district of a town or city

a region, direction, or point of the compass

an unspecified person or group of people

mercy or pity, as shown to a defeated opponent (esp in the phrases ask for or give quarter)

any of the four limbs, including the adjacent parts, of the carcass of a quadruped or bird

the side part of the wall of a horse's hoof

the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp

one of four more or less equal quadrants into which a shield may be divided

short for quartermaster

to divide into four equal or nearly equal parts

to divide into any number of parts

(esp formerly) to dismember (a human body)

to billet or be billeted in lodgings, esp (of military personnel) in civilian lodgings

(of gun dogs or hounds) to range over an area of ground in search of game or the scent of quarry

(of the wind) to blow onto a vessel's quarter

to divide (a shield) into four separate bearings with a cross.to place (one set of arms) in diagonally opposite quarters to another

being or consisting of one of four equal parts

See quarters