half
美 [hæf]
英 [hɑːf] 
- n.一半;(比赛、音乐会等的)半场;(啤酒等饮料的)半品脱
- adv.半;半数;绝大部分(时间、乐趣、麻烦等);到一半程度
- adj.一半的;一部分的;不完全的
- 网络半场(half-court);半个;二分之一
词形变化
复数:halves 同义词
英汉双解
1. | 一半;半either of two equal parts into which sth is or can be divided |
| two and a half kilos(2½) 两公斤半 |
| One and a half hours are allowed for the exam. 考试时间为一个半小时。 |
| An hour and a half is allowed for the exam. 考试时间为一个半小时。 |
| The second half of the book is more exciting. 书的后半部分比较刺激有趣。 |
| I've divided the money in half . 我把钱平均分成了两半。 |
| We'll need to reduce the weight by half . 我们得把重量减轻一半。 |
2. | (比赛、音乐会等的)半场,半局either of two periods of time into which a sports game, concert, etc. is divided |
| No goals were scored in the first half. 上半场没有得分。 |
3. | (啤酒等饮料的)半品脱half a pint of beer or a similar drink |
| Two halves of bitter, please. 请来两杯半品脱的苦啤酒。 |
1. | 半数an amount equal to half of sth/sb |
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| Half (of) the fruit was bad. 水果坏了一半。 |
| Half of the money was mine. 那些钱有一半是我的。 |
| He has a half share in the company. 他拥有该公司的一半股份。 |
| Out of 36 candidates, half passed. 36 名考生中有半数及格。 |
2. | ~ the time, fun, trouble, etc. 绝大部分(时间、乐趣、麻烦等)the largest part of sth |
| Half the fun of gardening is never knowing exactly what's going to come up. 园艺的最大乐趣是谁也不知道到底会长出什么。 |
| Half the time you don't even listen to what I say. 你大部分时间甚至没听我说的话。 |
1. | 到一半程度;半to the extent of half |
| The glass was half full. 玻璃杯半满。 |
| The chicken was only half cooked. 鸡只煮了半熟。 |
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| I'm half inclined to agree. 我不十分同意。 |
习惯用语
and a half
更大(或好、重要等)的;非同寻常的;出色的bigger, better, more important, etc. than usual
| That was a game and a half! 那场比赛真棒! |
do nothing/not do anything by halves
做任何事情都完全彻底;善始善终;不半途而废to do whatever you do completely and thoroughly
| You're expecting twins? Well, you never did do anything by halves. 你怀了对双胞胎?唔,你倒是一步到位。 |
go half and half|go halves (with sb)
(和某人)平均分摊费用to share the cost of sth equally with sb
| We go halves on all the bills. 我们平均分摊所有的费用。 |
the half of it
(用于否定句)比想象的更糟糕(或更复杂)的部分used in negative sentences to say that a situation is worse or more complicated than sb thinks
| ‘It sounds very difficult.’ ‘ You don't know the half of it .’ “这事听起来很难。”“你还未了解更困难的一面呢。” |
how the other half lives
另一类人的生活方式(尤指比自己富有得多的人)the way of life of a different social group, especially one much richer than you
too clever, etc. by half
聪明(等)过头clever, etc. in a way that annoys you or makes you suspicious
half a loaf is better than no bread
半块面包比没有面包强;聊胜于无you should be grateful for sth, even if it is not as good, much, etc. as you really wanted; something is better than nothing
half a minute, second, etc.
| Hang on. I'll be ready in half a minute. 等一下。我马上就准备好了。 |
half past one, two, etc.
一点(或两点)半等30 minutes after any hour on the clock
half as many, much, etc. again
50% 的增长an increase of 50% of the existing number or amount
| Spending on health is half as much again as it was in 2009. 卫生保健方面的开销比 2009 年增加了一半。 |
not half
很;非常used to emphasize a statement or an opinion
| It wasn't half good(= it was very good) . 这很好。 |
| ‘Was she annoyed?’ ‘Not half!’(= she was extremely annoyed) “她生气了吗?”“非常生气!” |
not half as|not half such a
| He is not half such a fool as they think. 他远不是他们以为的那么傻。 |
not half bad
一点不坏;很好not bad at all; good
| It really isn't half bad, is it? 这的确很不错,对吗? |
英汉解释
n. | 3. 半小时;半英里;半品脱;半价票;〈美〉半美元;半学年,一学期 |
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adv. | |
英英解释
例句
The centre-half has reached the zenith of his career, with performances that have been consistently outstanding throughout the season.
这位中后卫正处于职业生涯的巅峰时期,在本赛季一直保持这出色的表现。
'Then four years ago, after saving for a year-and-a-half, I made my first trip to the Himalayas.
四年前,我用一年半所积攒下来的钱来到了喜马拉雅山。
Brissenden half rose from his chair as he spoke, as if with the intention of departing to the restaurant forthwith.
布里森登说话时半欠起了身子,好像打算马上去餐厅。
"The matter has been under consultation for the past two and a half years, " he says.
“过去两年半,这个问题一直在磋商讨论之中,”他表示。
Of course, it would be a painful half hour for him, and an embarrassing half hour for her, because it would be her first proposal.
当然,半小时内他会很痛苦,她也会很尴尬,因为那会是她第一次有人求爱。
I had a death threat a year and a half ago and I had a death threat just before the release of my movie.
我在一年半前就收到过死亡威胁,而在《神枪手》上映前夕又收到过一次。
Sat in the front row, his mouth half open, his head thrust forward so as not to miss any word.
他坐在前排,口半张着,头往前倾,唯恐听漏一个字。
A half-mile of it was as much as he could stand, and he weakened under the strain.
阿半英里它是尽可能他站,他的压力下受到削弱。
so every time I got to the front collar and had to hold half the stitches.
所以每次织到领口要停掉一半的针数时。
I was in a small boat during the storm, but it stopped after half an hour and I was able to breathe again.
暴风雨期间我正呆在一只小船上。但半小时后暴风雨就停了,我这才松了一口气。
Generally speaking, the "inverted Huang Mei" of the time not long , short, about a week, long the 10 -day and a half months.
一般说来,“倒黄梅”维持的时间不长,短则一周左右,长则十天半月。
So by the time the people were beginning to laugh at each other, Richard was half-way down the lane at the heels of the geese.
所以当人们开始嘲笑对方,理查德是中途沿着小路在接踵而来的鹅。
Calming himself by calling upon the light side of the Force, Kenobi was able to surprise Maul, and cleave him in half with his saber.
他召唤原力光明面平静自己,出其不意地用光剑把摩尔砍成两段。
While I was trying to create a half into- half out of the water picture of a jellyfish, this fishing boat appeared in the horizon.
正当我企图创作一张在一半在水中,一半在水里的海蜇图片时,这条渔船出现在水平线上。
It's a vast improvement over talking for half an hour and hoping you touch on something of interest.
相对于讲半个小时,并且希望能触及感兴趣的事情来说,这时一个巨大的提高!
Why would someone even consider trying to open a golf club nearly one-and-a-half times the size of Manhattan?
为什么还会有人考虑尝试建设一个面积为曼哈顿1.5倍的高尔夫俱乐部呢?
2007 is shaping up to be the most exciting year since the community drove off the XML highway into the Web services swamp half a decade ago.
自五年前社区将XML的快速发展应用到Web服务以后,2007注定会成为最激动人心的一年。
You'd be surprised at what you can get out of a half-hour lunch with your team.
你会惊讶于花半小时与你的团队成员一起吃午餐能给你带来什么。
TCP connection to which the sender has not responded is called a "half-open" TCP connection.
一个发送方不反应的TCP连接被称为“半开”TCP连接。
Eventually selective logging would be the norm for an enormous lumber industry, at least throughout the eastern half of the U. S.
最终,选择性砍伐会成为木材业的常态,至少在美国东部是如此。
The doctor, in consequence of a plan only known to himself, resolved to only half-fill his balloon.
博士根据只有他一个人知道的计划决定把气球只装到一半。
Some of these can produce as many as half a million worms per day and are large-scale commercial enterprises.
每天可产生50万条蚯蚓,是一大项商品收入。
Fully one-half of the buried city, perhaps, is completely exhumed and thrown open freely to the light of day.
这地下城,大约有整整半座完全发掘出来了,没遮没拦地暴露在光天化日下。
For the space of half a year, the gunpowder lay as harmless as sand.
在半年的时间里,这火药象沙土一样放在那里没有出毛病。
The earliest mention of explosives are to be found in the alchemical writings of the first half of the seventeenth century.
最早提及炸药的是十七世纪上半叶炼金术的著作。
When Martin read the message, it was a half hour before noon, and he reacted with shock and fear.
马丁读到这条子时是上午十一点半,他的反应是震惊、担心。
"Let's get out, " whispered Jordan, after a somehow wasteful and inappropriate half-hour.
莫名其妙地浪费了半个钟头后,乔丹低声地说:“咱们走开吧。”
"You haven't spoken to me for half an hour, " her daughter went on.
“你已经有半个钟头没睬我了,”她的女儿继续说。
Nim thought, as it always does at dawn, a daily illusion lasting less than half an hour.
尼姆想,每天黎明都一样,这每天一次的幻象持续不到半小时。
I was half way down the stairs before I noticed that there was a bundle in the pocket.
我下楼下了一半,才注意到口袋里有个纸包。
She was very beautiful, a little pale. A half smile played around the corners of her mouth.
她很美丽,面色略有点苍白,嘴角微微的露出笑容。
The Ford Moter Company had close to half a million employees around the world and I had to keep in mind that I was only one of them.
福特汽车公司在全世界的雇员将近50万人,我必须记住我究竟只是其中的一员。
It lies on the map like the top half of a broken cane, parallel with the Equator but a long, long way north.
它在地图上就象一根破烂手杖的上半节,和南面平行的赤道遥遥相望。
As soon as he'd cut the express car off, he made the engineer run her up the track about half a mile to a road crossing.
他把那快递车解下了,马上就叫司机朝前开了半英里路光景,开到了一个道口。
He dreamt of that man and half a dozen times he awakened just as he thought a kriss was being drawn across his throat.
他老是梦见那个人,他有六、七次都觉得有人在用马来短剑割他的脖子而惊醒了。
Somehow half of the tin and a third of the rubber that the democracies used came out of this mess.
不管怎么样,民主国家用的半数的锡和三分之一的橡胶都来自这一片混乱的土地。
"About a year and a half ago, " says Mr. Snagsby, strengthened, "he came into our place one morning after breakfast. "
“大约在一年半以前,”斯纳斯比打起精神说道:“有一天早上,刚刚吃过早饭,他上我们这儿来了。”
She had convinced half of Europe and a good section of America that she was a good leader for the Tory Party.
她已经使半个欧洲和美国大多数人相信她是保守党的一个好领袖。
I suppose, however, he had this move in his mind-he was always half-cracked.
不过,我猜想,他心里老早就有了这个打算了--他总是有点半疯半癫的。
The wind had piped up to half a gale overnight.
一夜之间风势大为加剧。
The door opened, and I looked, half laughing and half crying in my pleasant agitation, for my mother.
门开开了,我在又快活又兴奋的心情下,半哭,半笑,一心只想门里面一定是我母亲。
Exploited by landlords, they were poor, ignorant, and, like the Italians, were one-fourth to one-half illiterate.
由于受地主的剥削,他们是贫穷和愚昧的,并且象意大利人一样,有四分之一到一半人是文盲。
George was only half pleased to be asked to dinner on that particular day when the general was not to dine.
乔治见他特意在将军不在家吃饭的一天请他去,心里不大舒服。
Latham made another attempt a week later and got within half a mile of Dover, but he was unlucky again.
莱瑟姆在一星期后又作了一次尝试,到达离多佛不到半英里的地方,可他还是不走运。
For one thing, the first century and a half under British rule created emotional ties with the old country that were difficult to break.
举一件事来说,最初在英国统治下的一百五十年,产生了和故国在感情上的联系,那是难以割断了。
I began by reminding the Marshal that I was half-American and had a great affection for the American people.
我首先提醒斯大林元帅,我是半个美国人,对于美国人民有深厚的感情。
She's been onto me to buy her a ring for half a year.
她要求我给她买一枚戒指,求了半年了。
Lydgate divined some delicacy of feeling here, but did not half understand it.
这里包含的微妙情绪,利德盖特有些察觉,但一点也不理解。
It is called "half-adder" because it has only two inputs and does not provide for a carry input.
它之所以称为半加器是因为它只有两个输入,即没有进位输入。
The Congress was determined to impose the withdrawal that had been thwarted by the executive for half a decade.
国会决意要强制执行撤军案。该案因政府反对而被搁置已达六年之久。
No one really knows how much money they make from cannabis itself: estimates vary from half of their income to as little as 15%.
没人真的知道他们从大麻交易中赚了多少钱:利润估计多则50%,少则15%。
Elton decided to walk up to her place and put off by half - an -hour or so the important business which lay before him.
艾尔顿决定到她那里去,将摆在他面前的重要事情推迟半小时左右。
But a combination of factors has caused U. S. manufacturing to see a surprising recovery in the past year and a half.
但是上述因素的综合已导致了在过去一年半的时间里,看到了美国制造业让人惊讶复苏。
I glared at him the best I could with half of my face puffed up and purple like a marshmallow.
我使劲盯着他看,感觉自己的半张脸象吹气似的,紫得有如一团棉花糖。
But there was only a half-hearted belief that Mr Fujii or his G7 counterparts were ready to strike.
不过,藤井先生或他的G7同行是否已经准备好坐下来磋商,人们对此半信半疑。
Come together the way you and I have a full picture, why not continue to go on like this painting? And a half on the road to stop what can?
一起走过的路上都写满了你我的画面,为什么不继续画下去呢?半路上就停下又能作何?。
"The good news is the economy is still growing. There is a significant difference than where we were a year and a half ago, " said Dunigan.
他说:“经济会在增长,这就是好消息。现在的情况已与一年半以前有很大的不同。”
He took a deep breath and walked towards her. She didn't run away like he half-expected her to.
他深吸一口气走上前。她并没有如他料想的那样跑掉。
An appeal jury debated the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand.
上诉陪审团辩论的事,四个半小时之前宣布的结果,会立场。
For a year-and-a-half, every week she stuffed the pages, along with mementos, into an envelope and mailed them off to him.
一年半以来,每个星期她填满信纸和纪念品一起装进信封里寄给她。
For instance, if you find ten reconnections within a half-hour session, you know you were annoyed by this frequent interruption.
例如,如果您发现半小时内有10次重新连接,那么您将知道这种频繁的中断是您之所以感到恼怒的原因。
At twenty-three, I finally escaped and found myself sailing for a year and a half down the inter-coastal waterway to the Bahamas.
23岁那年,我终于逃跑了,然后沿着两岸间水道航行了一年半,向南去往巴哈马群岛。
V- shaped bar bent to a half- circle is attached to the body , close to the front of the disc in full open position .
一个V形杆弯曲成半圆状附加在阀体上,在阀门处于全开状态时紧靠阀瓣前部。
Within days, a terrible epidemic swept through the Taihu district. In less than a week, over half of the people there were dead.
几天后,一场可怕的瘟疫席卷了太湖地区。在一周内,超过一半以上的人都死了。
For the next three and a half days straight (without sleeping), Stallone and his wife, Sasha, wrote the first draft of Rocky.
在经过3天半的不眠不休后,他和他的妻子萨莎完成了《洛基》的手稿。
Secretly reached into the chicken coop where, but my hands just out into half, seems to have been bitten by the same scissors pain.
偷偷把手伸进鸡窝里,可是我的手刚伸到一半,好像被剪子咬了一样疼。
I left Elton John's and a hefty number of half-naked chicks with their mouths open in order to hang out with you at Christmas.
我离开EltonJohn家,那边有一大群半身赤裸的少女张着她们的嘴只为了能和你在圣诞节混混。
If your house is a double shift it has been cut in half and will require a bit of work to patch up the join.
如果你的房子是双间的,就会把你的房子分开移动,这样将会需要一些拆开及合并的工作。
And it takes a year and a half for the deal to close cause it has to go through and I trust the business in a US center era.
交易完成就需要,一年半的时间,因为合并势在必行,而且我对美国中心时代的商业操作很有信心。
And, like many of the grief-struck, she fears for her own mental state: "Half the time, I think I must be totally out of my mind. "
像其他的悲伤者一样,她担心自己的这种精神状态:“一半的时间,我想我一定是疯了。”
He saw a face in a red haze, moonlike, bigger than the full moon, the owner of it half again his size.
在火红的烟雾里,他看到一张圆脸,象月亮似的,但比满月还大,圆脸的主人比他高一大半。
The theater house with its white and gold, relieved by soft green tones, lay only half disclosed to view.
剧场的面貌,和一片柔绿的气氛所烘托出来的黄白色建筑花饰,只能隐约地看清楚一半。
He'll swear eternal devotion to half a dozen fair damsels, and ride away rejoicing, while they are left to weep upon one another's bosoms.
他会对半打美妙少女发誓始终不渝,然后无忧无虑地跑开,扔下她们抱作一团哭泣。
Had he been only in a violent fever, you would not have despised him half so much.
要是他只是发了一次高烧,你就不会象这一半儿那样褒贬他了。
As Nixon instructed, I devoted my first day and a half in Moscow to bearding the Russians on Vietnam.
在莫斯科的头一天半,我按照尼克松的指示就越南问题训斥俄国人。
He commanded five armies on the western front now. A million and a half men were under his command.
目前他统率西线五个军,共一百五十万人。
After that half-hour all bearers of the Forsyte name would feel the bloom was off the rose.
半小时之后,所有姓福尔赛的人都将有一种水流花谢之感。
In the second half of April we were to experience a temporary success.
4月下半月我们会获得一次暂时的胜利。
Half the fruit crop was frozen out in the sudden severe autumn.
有一半的果树在这突如其来的严寒的秋季冻死了。
She now and then drowsed away into a half sleep.
她时而打盹,似睡非睡。