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岁以上。

Prices have fallen by a quarter since January. 自1月份以来，物价下降了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. 最大的小行星是谷神星，其体积大约是月球的四分之一。

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

...the past quarter century. …过去的四分之一世纪。

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

I dropped a quarter into the slot of the pay phone. 我往付费电话的投币口里投了一枚25分的硬币。

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. 该集团说第3季度的结果将于10月29日公布。

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. 一刻钟[also 'a' N]

It was a quarter to six. 当时是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，把番茄切成四块。

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…减至四分之一[usu passive]

The doses I suggested for adults could be halved or quartered. 我建议的成人剂量可以减半或减至四分之一。

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) 地区

We wandered through the Chinese quarter. 我们在华人区逛了一圈。

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. 你可以近距离地观看飞机起飞或降落。