Phân nửa, một nửa, phần chia đôi

two halves make a whole

hai nửa hợp thành một cái nguyên

to cut something in half

chia (cắt) cái gì ra làm đôi

Nửa giờ, ba mươi phút

half past two

2 giờ 30 phút, 2 giờ rưỡi

Phần thưởng một nửa (không hoàn toàn là một nửa)

the larger half

phần to lớn

he wastes half of his time

nó lãng phí mất phân nửa thời gian của nó

(đá bóng) hiệp

Học kỳ (ở những trường học có hai học kỳ trong một năm)

Nửa

a half share

phần nửa

half the men

nửa số người

half your time

nửa thời gian của anh

Nửa, dơ dở, phần nửa

half crying, half laughing

nửa khóc nửa cười, dở khóc dở cười

to be half awaken

nửa thức, nửa ngủ

Được, kha khá, gần như

half dead

gần chết

it is not half enough

thế chưa đủ

Số lượng tạo thành một nửa

half of these officers are majors

một nửa số sĩ quan này là thiếu tá

out of fifty candidates, half stand for the communist party

trong số năm mươi ứng cử viên, một nửa đại diện cho đảng cộng sản

một nửa

một phần

phân chia đôi

phần chia đôi

N. (pl. halves) 1 either of two equal orcorresponding parts or groups into which a thing is or might bedivided.

Colloq. = half-back.

Colloq. half a pint, esp. ofbeer etc.

Either of two equal periods of play in sports.

Colloq. a half-price fare or ticket, esp. for a child.

Golf ascore that is the same as one's opponent's.

Adj.

Of anamount or quantity equal to a half, or loosely to a part thoughtof as roughly a half (take half the men; spent half the timereading; half a pint; a half-pint; half-price).

Forming ahalf (a half share).

Adv.

(often in comb.) to the extentof half; partly (only half cooked; half-frozen; half-laughing).2 to a certain extent; somewhat (esp. in idiomatic phrases: halfdead; am half inclined to agree).

(in reckoning time) by theamount of half (an hour etc.) (half past two).

(of enthusiasm etc.) only partly committed.

Foolish. half the battle see BATTLE. half-beak any fish of thefamily Hemirhamphidae with the lower jaw projecting beyond theupper. half-binding a type of bookbinding in which the spineand corners are bound in one material (usu. leather) and thesides in another. half-blood 1 a person having one parent incommon with another.

This relationship.

= half-breed.half-blooded born from parents of different races. half-blueBrit.

A person who has represented a university, esp. Oxfordor Cambridge, in a sport but who has not received a full blue.2 this distinction (see BLUE(1) n.

). half board provision ofbed, breakfast, and one main meal at a hotel etc. half-boot aboot reaching up to the calf. half-breed often offens. aperson of mixed race. half-brother a brother with only oneparent in common. half-caste often offens. n. a person whoseparents are of different races, esp. the offspring of a Europeanfather and an Indian mother.

Adj. of or relating to such aperson. half a chance colloq. the slightest opportunity (esp.given half a chance). half-crown (or half a crown) (in the UK)a former coin and monetary unit worth 2s. 6d. (12«p). half-cutBrit. sl. fairly drunk. half-deck the quarters of cadets andapprentices on a merchant vessel. half-dozen (or half a dozen)colloq. six, or about six. half-duplex see DUPLEX. half aneye the slightest degree of perceptiveness. half-hardy (of aplant) able to grow in the open air at all times except insevere frost. half hitch a noose or knot formed by passing theend of a rope round its standing part and then through the loop.half holiday a day of which half (usu. the afternoon) is takenas a holiday. half-hour 1 (also half an hour) a period of 30minutes.

A point of time 30 minutes after any hour o'clock.half-hourly at intervals of 30 minutes. half-hunter a watchwith a hinged cover in which a small opening allowsidentification of the approximate position of the hands.half-inch n. a unit of length half as large as an inch.

V.tr. rhymingsl. steal (= pinch). half-integral equal tohalf an odd integer. half-landing a landing part of the way upa flight of stairs, whose length is twice the width of theflight plus the width of the well. half-lap the joining ofrails, shafts, etc., by halving the thickness of each at one endand fitting them together. half-length a canvas depicting ahalf-length portrait. half-life Physics & Biochem. etc. thetime taken for the radioactivity or some other property of asubstance to fall to half its original value. half-light a dimimperfect light. half-mast the position of a flag halfway downthe mast, as a mark of respect for a person who has died. halfmeasures an unsatisfactory compromise or inadequate policy.half a mind see MIND. half moon 1 the moon when only half itsilluminated surface is visible from earth.

The time when thisoccurs.

A semicircular object. half nelson Wrestling seeNELSON. half-note esp. US Mus. = MINIM 1. the half of itcolloq. the rest or more important part of something (usu.after neg.: you don't know the half of it). half pay reducedincome, esp. on retirement. half-pie NZ sl. imperfect,mediocre. half-plate 1 a photographic plate 16.5 by 10.8 cm.

A photograph reproduced from this. half-seas-over Brit. sl.partly drunk. half-sister a sister with only one parent incommon. half-sole the sole of a boot or shoe from the shank tothe toe. half-sovereign a former British gold coin and monetaryunit worth ten shillings (50p). half-step Mus. a semitone.half-term Brit. a period about halfway through a school term,when a short holiday is usually taken. half-timbered Archit.having walls with a timber frame and a brick or plaster filling.half-time 1 the time at which half of a game or contest iscompleted.

A short interval occurring at this time. half thetime see TIME. half-title 1 the title or short title of a book,printed on the recto of the leaf preceding the title-page.

The title of a section of a book printed on the recto of theleaf preceding it. half-tone 1 a reproduction printed from ablock (produced by photographic means) in which the varioustones of grey are produced from small and large black dots.

US Mus. a semitone. half-track 1 a propulsion system for landvehicles with wheels at the front and an endless driven belt atthe back.

A vehicle equipped with this. half-truth astatement that (esp. deliberately) conveys only part of thetruth. half-volley (pl. -eys) (in ball games) the playing of aball as soon as it bounces off the ground. half-yearly atintervals of six months. not half 1 not nearly (not half longenough).

Colloq. not at all (not half bad).

Brit. sl. toan extreme degree (he didn't half get angry). [OE half, healff. Gmc, orig. = 'side']