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  • Conjugation : pl  halves
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

half [hɒːf]
  1. 1. noun,pronoun [c] [of amount, object] 一半
    Just give me half (of) that, please.
    请给我一半
    We ate half (of) the cake.
    我们吃了蛋糕一半
    The bridge was re-built in two halves.
    桥是分开两半重建的。
  2. 2. noun,pronoun [BRIT] [of beer etc] 半品脱
    a half of lager
    半品脱贮藏啤酒
  3. 3. noun,pronoun [BRIT] (child's ticket) 半票
    A half to Oxford Street, please.
    请给一张到牛津街的半价票。
  4. 4. adjective [+bottle] 一半
    a half bottle of wine
    半瓶葡萄酒
  5. 5. adverb [inf] [+empty, closed, open, asleep]
    By the end of his speech the room was half empty.
    他讲完话时,人已走了一半了。
    the two halves of the brain
    左右
    the first/second half
    [体育] 上/下半场
    to cut sth in half
    把某物切成两半
    two/three {etc} and a half
    二/三{等}点五
    half a pound/kilo/mile {etc}
    半磅/公斤/英里{等}
    half a pint
    半品脱
    a day/week/pound {etc} and a half
    一天/星期/磅{等}半
    half a dozen
    半打
    half an hour
    半小时
    half past three/four {etc}
    三/四{等}点半
    half three/four {etc}
    [BRIT] [inf] 三/四{等}点半
    he was drunk half the time
    [inf] 他大部分时候都是喝醉
    to be half German/Irish {etc}
    一半德国/爱尔兰{等}血统
    half as much (as)
    ...的一半
    to go halves (with sb on sth)
    (与某人平摊(某物的费用
    she never does things by halves
    做事总是彻底
    she's half his age
    她的年龄他的一半
    he's too clever by half!
    聪明过头了!

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

half [hæf] [hɑːf]
  1. 1. noun 半,一半
    There was a promotion and I got half price for food in that shop.
    那个商店搞了次促销,我半价买了点儿吃的东西
  2. 2. noun 一部分
    the larger half of a divided pie
    馅饼大半部分
  3. 3. noun 半小时,半个钟头
    half past one
    一点半
  4. 4. noun [American English] 半美元,五十美分
  5. 5. noun [American English] [baseball] 半局
  6. 6. noun [American English] [basketball] [rugby] 半时,半场
  7. 7. noun [American English] [rugby] 同义词】halfback
  8. 8. adjective 半的,一半
  9. 9. adjective 数量长度等的)一半的,半数的;半个的
    A half mask covered his eyes.
    半面具遮住他的双眼。
  10. 10. adjective 不完全的片断的;部分的
  11. 11. adverb 一半地
  12. 12. adverb [verbal] 有一点部分地
    to be half convinced
    有点信服
    The window was half closed.
    这个窗户当时半开着。
  13. 13. adverb [verbal] 无论如何根本(与not连用
    not half bad
    不错,挺好

Collins English-English Dictionary

half [hɑːf]
  1. 1. n either of two equal or corresponding parts that together comprise a whole
  2. 2. n a quantity equalling such a part
    half a dozen
  3. 3. n half a pint, esp of beer
  4. 4. n [Scot] a small drink of spirits, esp whisky
  5. 5. n [sport] the half of the pitch regarded as belonging to one team
  6. 6. n [golf] an equal score on a hole or round with an opponent
  7. 7. n (in various games) either of two periods of play separated by an interval (the first half and second half)
  8. 8. n a half-price ticket on a bus, train, etc
  9. 9. n short for half-hour
  10. 10. n short for halfpenny
  11. 11. n short for halfback
  12. 12. n [sport] [obsolete] a half-year period
  13. 13. determiner being a half or approximately a half
    half the kingdom
  14. 14. determiner (as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural)
    half of them came
  15. 15. adj not perfect or complete; partial
    he only did a half job on it
  16. 16. adv to the amount or extent of a half
  17. 17. adv to a great amount or extent
  18. 18. adv partially; to an extent
  19. 19. adv [Etymology] Old English healf; related to Old Norse halfr, Old High German halb, Dutch half

Examples

be visible at half a mile
能在间隔半英里的距离看到 at
one away in the last half of the 4th
在第四局后半场有一球员出局 away
half past one
一点半 half
A half mask covered his eyes.
半面具遮住他的双眼。 half
to be half convinced
有点信服 half
not half bad
很不错,挺好 half
a half-baked scheme
考虑欠周的计划 half-baked
I'll be there in half a shake
我马上就来。 shake
at five dollars the half ton
五元钱半吨 the
a man worth half a million
拥有50万元财富的人 worth

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