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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- quartered
['kwɔrtɚd]
['kwɔːtəd]
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adjective
四等分的
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2.
adjective
设有房间的
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3.
adjective
（把原木）纵向锯成四块（再锯成木板）的
Collins English-English Dictionary
- quartered
['kwɔːtəd]
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1.
adj
[heraldry]
(of a shield) divided into four sections, each having contrasting arms or having two sets of arms, each repeated in diagonally opposite corners
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2.
adj
(of a log) sawn into four equal parts along two diameters at right angles to each other; quartersawn
Examples
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He was quartered in France during the war.
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战争期间，他住在法国。
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The children were quartered on the church grounds for the night.
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这天晚上，孩子们就睡在教堂的地板上。
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In the old days，people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes.
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在古代，人们可能被凌迟处死、车裂分尸。
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to be drawn and quartered
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驻屯
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(of troops) be stationed; be quartered
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