quarters
英 ['kw?t?(r)z]
美
- n. 住處；四分之一（quarter的復數）；營房
- v. 把…四等分；供…住宿（quarter的三單形式）
英文詞源
- quarters (n.)
- "military dwelling place," 1590s, from quarter (n.) in sense of "portion of a town." As "part of an American plantation where the slaves live," from 1724. The military sense seems to be also the source of quartermaster and it might be behind the phrase give quarter "spare from immediate death" (1610s, often in the negative), on the notion of "provide a prisoner with shelter."
雙語例句
- 1. On the top floor we have sleeping quarters for women and children.
- 我們在頂樓有供女人和孩子睡覺的地方。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Remove the vegetables from the steamer when they are three-quarters cooked.
- 將蔬菜蒸至大半熟后從蒸鍋里撈出。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. We were left with an open bottle of champagne three-quarters full.
- 給我們留下一瓶打開的香檳酒，里面的酒還有3/4。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Mckinnon went down from deck to the officers' quarters.
- 麥金農走下甲板，來到軍官們的住處。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. You can watch aircraft take off or land at close quarters.
- 你可以近距離觀察飛機的起降。
來自柯林斯例句
