【half音标】 英[hɑ:f] 美[hæf]
【单词释义】 half是什么意思：
adj.一半的，半个的
n.半；一半；（啤酒等饮料的）半品脱；（比赛、音乐会等的）半场
adv.一半；部份地
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] halves
【关联词/派生词】
halfway adv. 在中间，在中途；还可以，过得去 adj. 在中间的，在中途的；不完全的
halfhearted adj. 不认真的；不热心的；无兴趣的
【half形近词/近似词】
behalf n.利益；代表
exalt vt.提高，提升；赞扬；颂扬
halt n.停止，中止；暂停 v.停止；阻止，中断
salt n.[U]盐
【单词例句】
◇ The grandmother lived out in the woods, a half hour from the village. When Little Red Cap entered the woods a wolf came up to her. She did not know what a wicked animal he was, and was not afraid of him.
奶奶住在村子外面的森林里，离小红帽家有很长一段路。小红帽刚走进森林就碰到了一条狼。小红帽不知道狼是坏傢伙，所以一点也不怕它。
---- Little Red Cap
◇ How the fire burned! and seemed so beautifully warm that the child stretched out her feet as if to warm them, when, lo! the flame of the match went out, the stove vanished, and she had only the remains of the half-burnt match in her hand.
火烧得多么旺啊！小姑娘刚刚伸出她的一双脚，打算在这么好的火前暖一下的时候，哎呀！火焰忽然熄灭了！火炉也不见了。她只剩下手里捏着那烧过的火柴。
◇ In Sweden, one study found as few as one in 10 people practice the best brushing technique. The British health insurer Bupa found that almost half of respondents did not know how to brush their teeth properly in a survey of 2,000 people in the UK.
瑞典的一项研究发现，只有十分之一的人掌握了最佳的刷牙技巧。英国健康保险公司Bupa在一项涵盖了2000名英国人的调查中发现，近半数受访者不知道如何正确刷牙。
---- How to properly brush your teeth
◇ An initial survey of 2,000 UK employees revealed that half regularly listen to music on the job. Some of those employees' bosses reportedly encourage the practice, but others are strictly against it, believing it hurts work performance.
一项对2000名英国员工的初步调查显示，半数员工经常在工作时听音乐。据报道，一些老板鼓励这种做法，但其他老板则对此严格反对，认为这会损害工作表现。
---- Listening to classical music at work boosts productivity
◇ Over three months, half were asked to watch two different hour-long comedy programmes each week, including popular sitcoms. The other half watched two different serious documentaries, about topics such as politics or the Amazon rainforest.
在三个月的时间内，有一半的患者被要求每周观看两个不同的长达一小时的喜剧节目，包括受欢迎的情景喜剧。另外一半患者每周观看两部不同的严肃纪录片，涉及政治或亚马逊雨林这类题材。
---- Study finds laughter is good for heart health
◇ (11)Sorry.The restaurant is full now.You have to wait for about half an hour.
(11)不好意思，现在没位置了，你需要等大约半小时。
---- FISU Games Sentences for Citizens (2)
◇ China is the world's biggest online shopping market with more than half of its population making at least one smartphone purchase per month, according to professional services firm PwC. This compares to 14 percent in the rest of the world.
普华永道会计师事务所称，中国有全球最大的网购市场。有超过半数的民众每月至少用手机购物一次。而世界其他地方只有14%的人每月用手机购物一次以上。
---- 'Little yellow horse' robot delivers useful service in China
◇ Perhaps the most spectacular feature of the Grand Canyon, its Redwall limestone cliff, stands about half way up the chasm and is practically vertical. Its average height is 550 feet --- almost exactly that of the Washington Monument.
也许，大峡谷最引人注目的风貌特色是“红墙”石灰石悬崖，它耸立在裂口半当中，几乎是垂直的。它的平均高度为550 英尺--几乎和华盛顿纪念碑一样高。
---- The Grand Canyon
◇ Even before 1880, half the ice sold in New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, and one-third of that sold in Boston and Chicago, went to families for their own use.
甚至在1880年前，半数在纽约、费城和巴尔的摩销售的冰，三分之一在波士顿和芝加哥销售的冰进入家庭使用。
---- The Origin of Refrigerators
◇ The weaver's dog, not nearly so well supplied, was now a half-starved hound.
纺织女养的那只狗却显得尖瘦，一个月来缺吃少喝的。