quarters

quarters

['kwɔtə(r)s]

n. 营房, 住处

例句与用法：

`Hear with one's ears' and `divide into four quarters' are pleonasms.

｀用耳朵听＇和｀分成四个四分之一＇是赘述。

The minister's speech is interpreted in some quarters (ie by some people) as an admission that the Government was wrong.

部长的讲话有人认为是承认政府错了。

The wind blew from all quarters.

风从四面八方吹来。

Cut the apple into quarters.

把苹果切成四瓣儿。

The clock strikes the hours, the half-hours and the quarters.

这个钟在正点、半点和一刻钟都打点。

The soldiers grappled with the enemy at close quarters.

士兵短兵相接地同敌人格斗。

His living quarters were two small rooms on the second floor of the store.

他的住处是那家店铺二楼上的两个小房间。

Married quarters are houses where soldiers live with their families.

已婚人员营房是军人与其眷属所住的宿舍。

词形变化：

名词复数: quarterlies |