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vt. 二等分, 对半分享, 把...减半

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UK /hɑːv/
AU /hɑːv/
NZ /hɑːv/
其它 /hɑːv/
US /hæv/
/hɛəv/
IE /hav/
SCOT /hav/

词形变化

halved halves 三单 halves halveth halving halving 现在分词 halved 过去式 halved 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

二等分；把……减半

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To reduce to half the original amount.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To divide into two halves.

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  3. 3.

    To make up half of.

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  4. 4.

    To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.

    及物 建筑
  5. 5.

    In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on.

    及物 体育

词汇关系

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上位词 2

divide fraction

相关短语

halve it

词源

From Middle English halven, helven, from Old English hilfan, helfan, *hielfan (“to halve, divide in two”), from Proto-West Germanic *halbijan, from Proto-Germanic *halbijaną (“to halve”), from Proto-Germanic *halbaz (“half”). Cognate with Middle Dutch halven (“to halve”), Middle High German halben, helben (“to halve”). Compare also West Frisian helte (“to halve”), Dutch halveren (“to halve”), German Low German halberen (“to halve”), German halbieren (“to halve”), Danish halvere (“to halve”), Swedish halvera (“to halve”).

来源：wiktionary