quarter

1. FRACTION A quarter is one of four equal parts of something. 1/4

A quarter of the residents are over 55 years old. 1/4的居民在55嵗以上。

Prices have fallen by a quarter since January. 自1月份以來，物價下降了1/4。

2. PREDET Quarter is also a predeterminer. 四分之一

The largest asteroid is Ceres, which is about a quarter the size of the moon. 最大的小行星是穀神星，其躰積大約是月球的四分之一。

3. ADJ Quarter is also an adjective. 四分之一的[ADJ n]

...the past quarter century. …過去的四分之一世紀。

4. N-COUNT A quarter is an American or Canadian coin that is worth 25 cents. (美國或加拿大) 25分的硬幣

I dropped a quarter into the slot of the pay phone. 我往付費電話的投幣口裡投了一枚25分的硬幣。

5. N-COUNT A quarter is a fixed period of three months. Companies often divide their financial year into four quarters. 季度

The group said results for the third quarter are due on October 29. 該集團說第3季度的結果將於10月29日公佈。

6. N-UNCOUNT When you are telling the time, you use quarter to talk about the fifteen minutes before or after an hour. For example, 8:15 is quarter after eight and 8:45 is a quarter of or a quarter to nine. You can also say that 8:15 is quarter past eight, and 8:45 is quarter to nine. 一刻鍾[also 'a' N]

It was a quarter to six. 儅時是5:45。

7. V-T If you quarter something such as a fruit or a vegetable, you cut it into four roughly equal parts. 把…切成4等份

Chop the mushrooms and quarter the tomatoes. 把蘑菇剁碎，把番茄切成四塊。

8. V-T If the number or size of something is quartered, it is reduced to about a quarter of its previous number or size. 把…減至四分之一[usu passive]

The doses I suggested for adults could be halved or quartered. 我建議的成人劑量可以減半或減至四分之一。

9. N-COUNT A particular quarter of a town is a part of the town where a particular group of people traditionally live or work. (某一人群生活或工作的) 地區

We wandered through the Chinese quarter. 我們在華人區逛了一圈。

10. PHRASE If you do something at close quarters, you do it very near to a particular person or thing. 接近地

You can watch aircraft take off or land at close quarters. 你可以近距離地觀看飛機起飛或降落。