quarter /'kwɒ:tә/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a district of a city having some distinguishing character
• (n.) (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
• (n.) a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour

Chinese translation

• n. 四分之一, 一刻钟, 季度, 地区
• vt. 四等分, 肢解
• vi. 驻扎, 住宿

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/'kwɒ:tә/

Syllables

2

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao · TOEFL · IELTS

Frequency

Zipf 4.72 · Rare

Word forms

quartered, quartering, quarters

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