half: n.(pl. halves )1.半,一半;一部分。2.半小时;半英里;半品脱;半价票;〔美国〕半美元;半学年,一学期。3.(球赛的)半场,半局,半盘,半回合。4.(足球)中卫(= halfback); (运动中的)配手,合作者。5.(高尔夫球赛等)相同得分。6.(尤指打官司的)一方。短语和例子half past four = 〔美国〕 half after four 四点
There are even stories of half - trained elephant calves who have refused to feed and pined to death when by some unavoidable circumstance they have been deprived of their own trainer 甚至有这样的故事:训练了一半的小象,由于不可避免的情况与他们的主人分离后,竟拒绝吃食,消瘦至死。