halve

动词 v.
中文释义
美 /hɑːv/|/hæv/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To reduce to half the original amount. transitive
    — These show that since 1946 the fatality rate in train and movement accidents combined has been halved, [...].
  2. To divide into two halves. transitive
  3. To make up half of. transitive
    — So far apart their lives are thrown / From the twin soul that halves their own.
  4. To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together. transitive
  5. In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on. transitive
    — I, of course, had no difficulty in doing likewise, and we halved the hole; but the awkward fact remained that I must now gain every hole to win the match, for my opponent's score was "nine up," and there only remained ten holes to play.

词形变化

halves present,singular,third-person halving participle,present halved participle,past halved past

词汇关系

近义词
dimidiate
衍生词
a problem shared is a problem halved a sorrow shared is a sorrow halved a trouble shared is a trouble halved cross-halving joint halvable halve it

词源

From Middle English halven, helven, from Old English hilfan, helfan, *hielfan (“to halve, divide in two”), from Proto-West Germanic *halbijan, from Proto-Germanic *halbijaną (“to halve”), from Proto-Germanic *halbaz (“half”).
Cognate with Middle Dutch halven (“to halve”), Middle High German halben, helben (“to halve”). Compare also West Frisian helte (“to halve”), Dutch halveren (“to halve”), German Low German halberen (“to halve”), German halbieren (“to halve”), Danish halvere (“to halve”), Swedish halvera (“to halve”).
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