half

noun

1. one of two equal parts of a divisible whole

e.g. half a loaf
half an hour
a century and one half

Synonym: one-half

2. one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval

adj

1. (of siblings) related through one parent only

e.g. a half brother
half sister

adv

1. partially or to the extent of a half

e.g. he was half hidden by the bushes

1. 半;二分之一
Half of an amount or object is one of two equal parts that together make up the whole number, amount, or object.

e.g. They need an extra two and a half thousand pounds to complete the project...
他们还需要2,500英镑才能完成该项目。
e.g. More than half of all households report incomes above £35,000...
半数以上的家庭申报收入超过35,000英镑。

2. 部分地;在某种程度上;有点
You use half to say that something is only partly the case or happens to only a limited extent.

half在线翻译

e.g. His eyes were half closed...
他双眼半闭。
e.g. His refrigerator frequently looked half empty...
他的冰箱里经常半空着。

3. （足球、橄榄球、篮球比赛等的）半场，半时，半局
In games such as football, rugby, and basketball, matches are divided into two equal periods of time which are called halves.

half什么意思

e.g. The only goal was scored by Jakobsen early in the second half.
唯一的一粒进球是由雅各布森在下半场刚开始时打进的。

4. （啤酒、苹果酒等的）半品脱
A half is half a pint of a drink such as beer or cider.

e.g. ...a half of lager and a sandwich.
半品脱淡啤酒和一份三明治

5. (儿童乘坐公共汽车或火车时的）半（价）票
A half is a half-price bus or train ticket for a child.

6. 一半…血统地
You use half to say that someone has parents of different nationalities. For example, if you are half German, one of your parents is German but the other is not.

e.g. She was half Italian and half English.
她是半意大利半英国血统。

7. （时间）…点半
You use half past to refer to a time that is thirty minutes after a particular hour.

half的解释

e.g. 'What time were you planning lunch?'—'Half past twelve, if that's convenient.'...
“你打算什么时候吃午饭？”“如果方便的话，12点半。”
e.g. I think I got there about four and left about half past.
我想我是4点钟左右到达那里，大约半个小时后离开的。

8. 同 half past
Half means the same as half past .

e.g. They are supposed to be here at about half four.
他们应该在4点半左右到达这里。

9. （用于形容词前，表示强调或夸张）非常，极其
You can use half before an adjective describing an extreme quality, as a way of emphasizing and exaggerating something.

e.g. He felt half dead with tiredness...
他已经累得半死不活了。
e.g. All this time I've been half sick about you and why you wouldn't write.
我一直非常担心你，一直在想你为什么不来信。

10. （有时用在否定句中，表示非常肯定的意思）
Half is sometimes used in negative statements, with a positive meaning, to emphasize a particular fact or quality. For example, if you say 'he isn't half lucky', you mean that he is very lucky.

e.g. You don't half sound confident...
你听起来非常有信心。
e.g. I didn't half get into trouble...
我遇到了大麻烦。

11. 一点也不;差得远
You use not half or not half as to show that you do not think something is as good or impressive as it is meant to be.

e.g. You're not half the man you think you are...
你根本不是你自己想象的那种人。
e.g. Poor old Henry, and not half as clever as he'd thought.
可怜的老亨利，以为自己多聪明。

12. 非常…的;更…的;非同寻常的
When you use an expression such as a problem and a half or a meal and a half, you are emphasizing that your reaction to it is either very favourable or very unfavourable.

e.g. It becomes clear that Montgomerie has a job and half on his hands.
很显然，蒙哥马利手头有一大堆事情要做。

13. 妻子;丈夫;另一半
If you talk about your better half or your other half you mean your wife, your husband, or the person of the opposite sex that you live with.

e.g. I was worried that my career, my children and my other half might become too much to cope with.
我担心我的事业、我的孩子们和我的那口子可能会让我应付不过来。

14. 以一半;一半地
If you increase something by half, half of the original amount is added to it. If you decrease it by half, half of the original amount is taken away from it.

e.g. The number of 7 year olds who read poorly has increased by half over the past 5 years...
不识字的7岁儿童的人数在过去5年里增加了一半。
e.g. Cutting food intake by half is an incredibly difficult thing for anyone to do.
将进食量减半对任何人来说都是件非常难的事。

15. 做事不认真;做事马虎
If you say that someone never does things by halves, you mean that they always do things very thoroughly.

e.g. In Italy they rarely do things by halves. Designers work thoroughly, producing the world's most wearable clothes in the most beautiful fabrics.
在意大利，人们很少马虎从事。设计师们精益求精，用最美丽的布料制造出世界上最适合穿着的衣服。

16. （两人）平均分摊，平分（费用）
If two people go halves, they divide the cost of something equally between them.

e.g. He's constantly on the phone to his girlfriend. We have to go halves on the phone bill which drives me mad.
他总和女友煲电话粥。令我抓狂的是电话费可是我们俩平摊的。

17. half the battle -> see battle
half an ear -> see ear
too clever by half -> see clever

1. 半场：1每局(round)为1分45秒,一个半场(half)为15局,一场比赛(match)为30局(twohalves). 9比赛中各方队员不允许利用地图中BUG取胜,被发现者,此局(round)比赛按负处理