| 英语单词 | halve |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [hɑːv] 美 [hæv] |
| 中文释义 | v.平分;减半 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The twins halve everything. (2) Let's halve the work between the two of us. (3) He and I decided to halve expenses on our trip. (4) They are going to halve my salary. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 这对双胞胎把任何东西都对半分享 (2) 让我俩平均分担这份工作吧。 (3) 我和他决定均摊旅行费用。 (4) 他们准备把我的薪水减半。 |
| vocabulary简明 | To halve something is to divide it into two equal parts. When you share a pizza with your best friend, you can cut it in half, or halve it. |
| vocabulary扩展 | A recipe might instruct you to halve an onion, and a little kid might request that you halve her peanut butter sandwich and cut the crusts off. You can also halve less physical things — you can halve your expenses if you reduce them by half, or halve the bill for lunch with your sister, if you split it with her. Halve comes from half, originally an Old English word meaning "side" or "part." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]把…减半;减到一半 When you halve something or when it halves, it is reduced to half its previous size or amount. [V n] [V]
2 [VERB 动词]将…对半分;把…二等分 If you halve something, you divide it into two equal parts. [V n]
3 (half 的复数) Halves is the plural of half. |
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