| 单词 | 一半 |
| 释义 | 〔midpoint〕A position midway between two extremes.一半：两端中间的位置〔playful〕"teasing and worrying with impish laughter half suppressed" (Thomas Hardy).“用顽皮笑声戏弄和使人烦恼被抑制了一半” （托马斯·哈迪）。〔backstitch〕A stitch made by inserting the needle at the midpoint of a preceding stitch so that the stitches overlap by half lengths.回针缝：在先前缝的一针中间加缝的一针，以便使针脚的交错重叠为原来长度的一半〔go〕Will you go halves with me if we win the lottery?如果我们中彩，你愿意分我一半吗?〔even〕If we each take half, then we'll be even.如果我们双方各拿一半，我们就互不亏欠了〔sesterce〕sēmis [half] * see sēmi- sēmis [一半] * 参见 sēmi- 〔nix〕A water sprite of German mythology, usually in human form or half-human and half-fish.水中精灵：德国民间传说中的水妖，一般说它象人形或一半象人，一半象鱼〔quartertone〕Half a semitone.四分之一音：二分音符的一半〔Taman〕A peninsula of southern European U.S.S.R. projecting westward between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. It is rich in petroleum deposits.塔曼半岛：原苏联南欧部分一半岛，向西伸入亚速海和黑海之间。该半岛有丰富的石油资源〔semidome〕A roof covering a semicircular space; half a dome.半圆形穹顶：覆盖了半圆形空间的屋顶；穹顶的一半〔cacomistle〕tlaco [half, part] tlaco [一半，部分] 〔Rockefeller〕American family, includingJohn Davison (1839-1937), an oil magnate who amassed great wealth through the Standard Oil Company and spent about half of his fortune on philanthropic works. His son John Davison, Jr. (1874-1960), continued his father's work and had five sons, including Nelson Aldrich (1908-1979), who was governor of New York (1959-1973) and Vice President of the United States (1974-1977) under Gerald Ford. 洛克菲勒：美国的一个家族，包括石油大王约翰·戴维森 (1839-1937年），他通过标准石油公司聚积了大笔财富，并把其财富的一半用于慈善事业。其子 小约翰·戴维森 (1874-1960年）继承了父业并生有五子，其中包括曾任纽约州州长(1959-1973年）和杰拉德·福特任总统时的美国副总统(1974-1977年） 的内尔森·艾尔德利奇 (1908-1979年） 〔twilight〕Old English twi- [two, half] * see dwo- 古英语 twi- [两个，一半] * 参见 dwo- 〔Galloway〕A region of southwest Scotland. TheMull of Galloway, a promontory on a peninsula on its southwest coast, is the southernmost point in Scotland. 加洛韦：苏格兰西南部一地区。其西南海岸一半岛上的海角加洛韦角 是苏格兰的最南角 〔semicircle〕A half of a circle as divided by a diameter.半圆：直径分割的圆的一半〔hemisphere〕A half of a sphere bounded by a great circle.半球：一个巨大圆周所包围的球体的一半〔sinciput〕sēmi- [semi-] sēmi- [前缀，表“一半”] 〔posh〕"Oh yes, Mater, we had a posh time of it down there.”So inPunch for September 25, 1918, do we find the first recorded instance of that mysterious wordposh, meaning "smart and fashionable,”although in a 1903 book by P.G. Wodehouse,Tales of St. Austin's, there is a mention of a waistcoat that was "push.” The latter may be a different word,but in either case the dates of occurrence are importantbecause they are part of the objection to derivingposh from the initials of "Port Out, Starboard Home.” This was the cooler, and thus more expensive, side of ships traveling between England and India in the mid-19th century,and the acronymPOSH was supposedly stamped on the tickets of first-class passengers traveling on that side of ships owned by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. No evidence is definitely known to exist for this theory, however.TheOxford English Dictionary Supplement may have found a possible source or sources for posh. Another wordposh was 19th- and early 20th-century British slang for "money,” specifically "a halfpenny, cash of small value.”This word is borrowed from the common Romany wordpåšh, "half,” which was used in combinations such aspåšhera, "halfpenny.” Posh, also meaning "a dandy,” is recorded in two dictionaries of slang published in 1890 and 1902,although this particularposh may be still another word. This word or these words, however, are much more likely to be the source ofposh than "Port Out, Starboard Home,” although the latter source certainly has caught the public's etymological fancy.“哦是的，妈妈，我们在那里过着豪华的生活。”因此在1918年9月25日的punch 上， 我们看到了那个神秘单词posh 的首次记录， 意为“豪华的，时髦的，”虽然早在1903年P·G·伍德豪斯的名为圣·奥斯汀传说 的作品中就提及了意为"push"的马夹这个词。 后者也可能是另外一个不同的词，但在任何一种情况下两者被使用的时间都很重要，因为它们都反对posh 这个词源于"Port Out，Starboard Home。” 这是意指19世纪中期往来于英格兰及印度的船只中较凉爽、因而票价也就较为昂贵的一侧，而POSH 这个首字缩拼词据说就印在半岛——东方蒸汽船航运公司所拥有的船只上较为凉爽的一侧头等舱的票上。 然而对于这一说法并没有确凿的证据来加以证明。牛津英语词典增补本 也许为 posh 找到了一个或多个可能的词源。 另一个词posh 则是19世纪和20世纪初英国人用来表示“钱”的俚语， 尤指“半便士，小面值钱币。”这个词源于吉卜赛常用词på歨 ，意为“一半”， 用在诸如意为“半便士”的复合词på歨era 中。 Posh 也有“花花公子”之意， 这一用法记录于1890年及1902年出版的两本俚语词典中，尽管这个特有的posh 也有可能是另一个词。 然而这个词及上文提到的那些词比"Port Out，Starboard Home"更有可能是posh 这个词的词源， 虽然后者早被人们确认为这个词的词源〔backcourt〕The half of the court that a team defends.后半场：球队防守场地的一半〔gibbous〕More than half but less than fully illuminated. Used of the moon or a planet:光亮部大于半圆的：不止一半但少于全部的圆的。用来形容月亮或行星：〔Pluto〕The ninth and usually farthest planet from the sun, having a sidereal period of revolution about the sun of 248.4 years, 4.5 billion kilometers or 2.8 billion miles distant at perihelion and 7.4 billion kilometers or 4.6 billion miles at aphelion, and a diameter less than half that of Earth.冥王星：距离太阳第九远而且通常也是最远的一颗行星，它绕太阳运转的恒星年为2484年，在近日点时距太阳45亿公里或28亿英里，在远日点时距太阳74亿公里或46亿英里，其直径不到地球直径的一半〔interlace〕interlaced the testimony with half-truths.使证词中只含有一半真话〔wedgie〕A shoe having a wedge-shaped heel joined to a half sole so as to form a continuous undersurface. Often used in the plural.坡跟鞋：其楔形后跟与鞋底的一半相连，形成一个连续的底面的鞋。常用作复数〔Harvard〕American cleric and philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that now bears his name.哈佛，约翰：(1607-1638) 美国牧师和慈善家，此人将其一半财产和全部藏书赠给马萨诸塞州剑桥的一所大学，这所大学现以他的名字命名〔Octans〕Latin [half quadrant] 拉丁语 [扇形体的一半] 〔commutate〕To reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half-cycle to produce a unidirectional current.变换电流方向：颠倒每一半周（交流电流的）方向，以产生单方向性电流〔majority〕The greater number or part; a number more than half of the total.大多数，过半数：大多数；超过全部的一半的数〔halfpenny〕A British coin worth one half of an old penny, no longer in circulation.半便士：一种英国硬币，币值是老便士的一半，已不再流通〔split〕A drink of half the usual quantity.通常数量一半的饮料〔order〕"Order, cleanliness, seemliness make a structure that is half support, half ritual"(Florida Scott-Maxwell)“秩序、整洁和庄重带来一半是支持、一半是敷衍了事的体系”(佛罗里达·斯科特—麦斯威尔)〔halfway〕Reaching or including only half or a portion; partial:仅到达一半或一部分的；不完全的：〔strength〕The police force has been at half strength since the budget cuts.自从预算削减后，警力只剩下一半〔limp〕The project limped along with half its previous funding.这个项目得到预定资金的一半，发展得很缓慢〔cut〕cut a payroll; cut a budget; cut the cooking time in half.削减员工数；削减预算；把做饭时间缩短一半〔hemisphere〕A half of a symmetrical, approximately spherical object as divided by a plane of symmetry.半球体：一个对称的、近似球体的物体的一半，如被对称面分开者〔plurality〕In a contest of more than two choices, the number of votes cast for the winning choice if this number is not more than one half of the total votes cast.未超过半数的最多票：在一场有两个以上选择的竞争中，获胜者在所得票数未超过全部票数一半的情况下所赢得的票数〔carpophore〕A slender stalk that supports each half of a dehisced fruit in many members of the parsley family.心皮柄：伞形科众多成员中，支撑裂开果实其每一半的细长叶柄〔halve〕from half [half] * see half 源自 half [一半] * 参见 half〔hemihedral〕Exhibiting only half the faces required for complete symmetry. Used of a crystal.半面的：展示完全对称所要求的全部面的一半的。用于晶体〔hemisphere〕Either half of the celestial sphere as divided by the ecliptic, the celestial equator, or the horizon.半天球：被黄道，天赤道或地平圈分成两半的天球的一半 |
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