Quarter

(noun.) clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent; 'he surrendered but asked for quarter'.

(noun.) piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp.

(noun.) a district of a city having some distinguishing character; 'the Latin Quarter'.

(noun.) an unspecified person; 'he dropped a word in the right quarter'.

(noun.) a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar; 'he fed four quarters into the slot machine'.

(noun.) a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds).

(noun.) a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds).

(noun.) one of the four major division of the compass; 'the wind is coming from that quarter'.

(noun.) a fourth part of a year; three months; 'unemployment fell during the last quarter'.

(noun.) one of four periods into which the school year is divided; 'the fall quarter ends at Christmas'.

(noun.) a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour; 'it's a quarter til 4'; 'a quarter after 4 o'clock'.

(noun.) (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided; 'both teams scored in the first quarter'.

(verb.) divide by four; divide into quarters.

(verb.) divide into quarters; 'quarter an apple'.

(verb.) provide housing for (military personnel).

整理:梅尔巴

• The mill shall find salaries for a master and mistress, and the squire or the clothier shall give a treat once a quarter. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The royal crown of France is a circle ornamented with eight fleur-de-lis, from which rise as many quarter-circles closing under a double fleur-de-lis. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The quarter is not due till Christmas, but you may pay it, and have done with it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• It was twice--twenty times as fine; not one quarter as comfortable. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• At length, Mr Boffin entreated to be allowed a quarter of an hour's grace, and a cooling walk of that duration in the yard. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The grounds were more than an acre and a quarter in extent, and they were filled with people! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Made her way home once from another quarter of the world. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Had they not better throw these bodies to the plant men and then return to their quarters, O Mighty One? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• With its sharp clear bell it strikes three quarters after seven and ticks on again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Lord Steyne, and her son in London, had many a laugh over the story when Rawdon and his wife returned to their quarters in May Fair. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• As soon as the tribe found out that we had a doctor in our party, they began to flock in from all quarters. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• He won't be here this three-quarters of an hour or more,' said the young lady who superintended the domestic arrangements of the Blue Boar. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• We were occupying ceased to afford comfortable quarters; and further orders not reaching us, we began to look about to remedy the hardship. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Only two or three evolutions had been gone through when he dismissed the battalion, and, turning to go to his own quarters, dropped dead. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Quartered here, Captain George? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Beautifully finished furniture in quartered oak has always excited the pleasure, and piqued the curiosity of the uninformed as to how this result is obtained. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Would he have quartered him --flayed him? 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• After the breaking out of the war there was a regiment of volunteer soldiers quartered at Fort Gratiot, the reservation extending to the boundary line of our house. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It seemed best that I quartered either by myself or among the other warriors, and I was awaiting an opportunity to ask your advice. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Since the ----shire were first quartered in Meryton, nothing but love, flirtation, and officers have been in her head. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• He has the promise of an ensigncy in General ----'s regiment, now quartered in the North. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• That's quartering, said Jerry. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The quartering one, eh? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The quartering of soldiers upon the colonists was a great nuisance. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I wondered peevishly why they couldn't put her anywhere else instead of quartering her on me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

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