1998. XMIiAffilftTOl£ 1998 TO4cTTOo not 'half (BrE, informal) used to emphasize a
statement or an opinion fit; $ #: It wasn’t half good (= it was very
good). 0 o ‘Was she
annoyed?’ ‘Not half!’ (= she
was extremely annoyed) ” “
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” not
half as | not half such a not nearly 7 ;
H j# ^ : He is not half such a fool as they think.
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7 Ji ilk i\l W 1(5 ^ o not half bad (informal) (used to show surprise ^ M not bad
at all; good fS : It really isn’t half bad, is it?
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GRAMMAR POINT
half♦ whole♦quarter
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Quarter, half and whole can all be nouns.
* quarter, half fR whole Cut the apple
into quarters. o Two halves make a
whole. MTOTOTOTO#0
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Whole is also an adjective.
* whole I've
been waiting here for a whole hour.
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Half is also a determiner. * half : Half
{of)
the work is already finished. Xf7tl&7t$l7 ~~
o They spent half the time looking for a parking space. Ml fc 7 ^7 64 ft" |a] #4$ 0 o Her house
is half a mile down the road.
o Note that you do not
put a or
the in
front of half when it is used in
this way. f£ jHS Jfj '&4* half fj® a ^ the: / waited for half
an hour. flc^TM'NhBto o / waited fora half an
Half can also be used as an
adverb. * half iffulTf gijis]: This meal is only
half cooked. vL'fiRM.T7
7m,
half-and- half adj., adv., noun
*
adj. being half one thing and half
another
:
I was in that half-and-half land where you are not completely asleep nor completely awake. 7 B4 7 It 7
H0 ►,half-and-half
adv.
a noun [U] {NAmE) a
mixture of milk and cream that is used in tea and coffee iuMffp,
WjM£t/ )
,
half- arsed {BrE) {NAmE Tialf-.assed) adj. {slang) 1
done without care or effort; not well planned ; vpfl.
f<mto 2 Stupid ASH;
halfback
/'hctifbaek;
NAmE 'haef-/
(also half)
noun 1
[C] one of the defending players in football (soccer), hockey or rugby
whose position is between those who play at the front of a team and
those who play at the back ( jm. Mi*, Mi*#J ) fjX 2 [C] one of
the two attacking players in American
football whose position is behind the quarterback and beside the fullbacks ( H ^ fg. f* (ft ) fttj X 3 [u] the position a
halfback plays at fj X &4fifi; 4* ^
.half-'baked
adj. [usually before noun]
(informal) not well planned or considered it $J
'half-bath noun {NAmE) a small room in a
house, containing a washbasin and
a toilet /fM( t4i&?5fc
POWDER ROOM
.half
'board noun [U]
{BrE) {NAmE .European 'plan) a type of
accommodation at a hotel, etc. that includes breakfast and an evening meal 7 Hi
ft (
) — compare American
plan, bed and breakfast(I), full board
'half-breed
noun {taboo, offensive) a person whose parents are from different
races, especially when one is white and the other is a Native American ( A 4b S A4R ft4H ±If Aft) ) 'MlfiUl ► 'half-breed adj. {taboo, offensive) lildHil It is more acceptable
to talk about ‘a person of mixed race’, a person of mixed race fr & § J? it A
m%0
'half-brother noun a person’s half-brother
is a boy or man with either the same mother or the same father as they have
|SJ-fiJ:#3£ ( ) &JjnLH —compare
STEPBROTHER
half-caste noun {taboo, offensive) a person whose parents are from different races (
^|WIA#64 ) 'MJfiLJL
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'half-caste adj. {taboo,
offensive) Hldlfl It is more acceptable
to talk about ‘a person of mixed race’. a person of mixed race
It&WJlitAj^^o
.half-'century noun 1 a period of 50 years
777t%t;
50 7 2 (in
cricket ®J*) a score of 50 * 50 jf
.half-cock
noun iTSTfll go off at .half-’cock {BrE, informal) to start before
preparations are complete, so that the effect or result is not as it should be
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.half-’crown (also .half a 'crown) noun an old British
coin worth 2 Vi shillings
(= now 12V2 pence) * 2
6®±Mm(^aiB®5gf4,
.half 'day noun a day on which people
work only in the morning or in the afternoon Xffc ) : Tuesday is her
halfday.
.half 'dollar noun a US coin worth 50 cents
( MSW ) 50 4H£ff5
.half-'hardy adj. (of a plant ft#/) able
to grow outside at all times except when it is very cold X(®fl?&4 .half-'hearted adj. done without
enthusiasm or effort 1$; A 64; 7£$fc£l4: He made
a half-hearted attempt to justify himself, fife & ® iff 71 | SWIo
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.half’hearted-ly adv.
.half 'hitch noun a type of knot, often
used to tie sth to
a post TO ()
half-'hour (also .half an hour) noun a period of 30
minutes TOvfl4; 30 frfy : He should arrive within the
next half-hour, 84 [4 3\!£<,
O a half-hour
drive ^/hR4fi4$S
.half-'hourly
adj. happening
every 30 minutes R404: a
half-hourly bus service if 7X84“SE
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.half-1
hourly adv.: The buses run
half-hourly.
TOX/HM-Sio
‘ half-life noun [C] 1 {physics <%j) the time taken for the radioactivity of a substance to fall to half its original
value ( 2 {chemistry ft) the time
taken for the concentration
of a reactant to fall to half of
its original value in a chemical reaction 7ftM half-light noun [sing., U] a dull
light in which it is difficult to see things in
the grey half-light of
dawn
.half 'mast noun 1771771 at .half mast (of a flag H) flown at
the middle of the mast as a sign
of respect for a person who has just died
) : Flags were flown
at half mast on the day of his
funeral, m7Ma
.half 'measures noun [pi.] a policy or plan
of action that is weak and does not do enough X W 64 Iff 41
M;, 7 $J Its W 7f
t$) it $J: There
are no half measures with this company.
.half-'moon noun 1 the moon when only
half of it can be seen from the earth; the time when this happens 7 if;
i±JM7M W 04^ —compare full moon,
harvest moon, new moon 2 a thing that is shaped like a half-moon
'half note noun {NAmE, music h*) = minim 'half pants noun [pi.] {IndE, informal) short trousers/ pants jSId EQZ1 shorts
half-penny noun {pi. -ies) 1 (also ha’penny) /‘heipni/ a British coin in use until
1971, worth half a penny. There were 480 halfpennies in a pound. 7 M i ®
7 ( 1971 480TO±5f4549TO$ )
2 /'ha’.fpeni/ (also half-pence /.haifpens/) a British
coin in use between 1971 and 1984, worth half a penny. There were 200
halfpennies in a pound. 7 f!i i ® 7 (
1971 M 198TO|H]$ffl|ft^g?M, 200:TO±«J&iM TO£t)
'half-pipe noun a U-shaped structure
or U-shaped channel cut into snow, used for performing complicated