half的词语用法是：adj.(形容词)half用作形容词的意思是“一半的”,表示“半个某物”时,英式英语多用half a...; 美式英语多用a half...。half的意思是n.一半；下半场；半学年；adj.一半的；不完全的；adv.一半地；不完全地。half的读音是英[hɑ?f]；美[h?f]。
一、详尽释义点此查看half的详细内容
二、英英释义
"half a loaf"
"half an hour"
"a century and one half"
"a half chicken"
"lasted a half hour"
"gave me a half smile"
"he did only a half job"
"a half brother"
"half sister"
"he was half hidden by the bushes"
三、词典解释
1.半;二分之一
Half of an amount or object is one of two equal parts that together make up the whole number, amount, or object.
e.g. They need an extra two and ahalf thousand pounds to complete the project...
他们还需要2,500英镑才能完成该项目。
e.g. More thanhalf of all households report incomes above ?35,000...
半数以上的家庭申报收入超过35,000英镑。
2.部分地;在某种程度上;有点
You usehalf to say that something is only partly the case or happens to only a limited extent.
half在线翻译
e.g. His eyes werehalf closed...
他双眼半闭。
e.g. His refrigerator frequently lookedhalf empty...
他的冰箱里经常半空着。
3.（足球、橄榄球、篮球比赛等的）半场，半时，半局
In games such as football, rugby, and basketball, matches are divided into two equal periods of time which are calledhalves.
half什么意思
e.g. The only goal was scored by Jakobsen early in the secondhalf.
唯一的一粒进球是由雅各布森在下半场刚开始时打进的。
4.（啤酒、苹果酒等的）半品脱
Ahalf is half a pint of a drink such as beer or cider.
e.g. ...ahalf of lager and a sandwich.
半品脱淡啤酒和一份三明治
5.(儿童乘坐公共汽车或火车时的）半（价）票
Ahalf is a half-price bus or train ticket for a child.
6.一半…血统地
You usehalf to say that someone has parents of different nationalities. For example, if you arehalf German, one of your parents is German but the other is not.
e.g. She washalf Italian andhalf English.
她是半意大利半英国血统。
7.（时间）…点半
You usehalf past to refer to a time that is thirty minutes after a particular hour.
half的解释
e.g. 'What time were you planning lunch?'—'Half past twelve, if that's convenient.'...
“你打算什么时候吃午饭？”“如果方便的话，12点半。”
e.g. I think I got there about four and left abouthalf past.
我想我是4点钟左右到达那里，大约半个小时后离开的。
8.同 half past
Half means the same ashalf past .
e.g. They are supposed to be here at abouthalf four.
他们应该在4点半左右到达这里。
9.（用于形容词前，表示强调或夸张）非常，极其
You can usehalf before an adjective describing an extreme quality, as a way of emphasizing and exaggerating something.
e.g. He felthalf dead with tiredness...
他已经累得半死不活了。
e.g. All this time I've beenhalf sick about you and why you wouldn't write.
我一直非常担心你，一直在想你为什么不来信。
10.（有时用在否定句中，表示非常肯定的意思）
Half is sometimes used in negative statements, with a positive meaning, to emphasize a particular fact or quality. For example, if you say 'he isn't half lucky', you mean that he is very lucky.
e.g. You don'thalf sound confident...
你听起来非常有信心。
e.g. I didn'thalf get into trouble...
我遇到了大麻烦。
11.一点也不;差得远
You usenot half ornot half as to show that you do not think something is as good or impressive as it is meant to be.
e.g. You're nothalf the man you think you are...
你根本不是你自己想象的那种人。
e.g. Poor old Henry, and nothalf as clever as he'd thought.
可怜的老亨利，以为自己多聪明。
12.非常…的;更…的;非同寻常的
When you use an expression such asa problem and a half ora meal and a half, you are emphasizing that your reaction to it is either very favourable or very unfavourable.
e.g. It becomes clear that Montgomerie has a job andhalf on his hands.
很显然，蒙哥马利手头有一大堆事情要做。
13.妻子;丈夫;另一半
If you talk about yourbetter half or yourother half you mean your wife, your husband, or the person of the opposite sex that you live with.
e.g. I was worried that my career, my children and my otherhalf might become too much to cope with.
我担心我的事业、我的孩子们和我的那口子可能会让我应付不过来。
14.以一半;一半地
If you increase somethingby half, half of the original amount is added to it. If you decrease itby half, half of the original amount is taken away from it.
e.g. The number of 7 year olds who read poorly has increased byhalf over the past 5 years...
不识字的7岁儿童的人数在过去5年里增加了一半。
e.g. Cutting food intake byhalf is an incredibly difficult thing for anyone to do.
将进食量减半对任何人来说都是件非常难的事。
15.做事不认真;做事马虎
If you say that someone neverdoes things by halves, you mean that they always do things very thoroughly.
e.g. In Italy they rarely do things by halves. Designers work thoroughly, producing the world's most wearable clothes in the most beautiful fabrics.
在意大利，人们很少马虎从事。设计师们精益求精，用最美丽的布料制造出世界上最适合穿着的衣服。
16.（两人）平均分摊，平分（费用）
If two peoplego halves, they divide the cost of something equally between them.
e.g. He's constantly on the phone to his girlfriend. We have to go halves on the phone bill which drives me mad.
他总和女友煲电话粥。令我抓狂的是电话费可是我们俩平摊的。
17. half the battle -> see battle
half an ear -> see ear
too clever byhalf -> see clever
四、例句
Half of them are here.
半数人来了。
At best we can do only half as much as last year.
我们至多只能做到去年的一半。
The game didn't heat up until the second half.
游戏玩到后半场才热闹起来。
The team recovered its lead in the second half.
该队在下半场重新领先。
I have to spend half in studying the experiment in campus lab.
我不得不利用半学年在学校实验室研究这个实验。
Half the car was damaged.
车子毁了一半。
Mr Brown holds a half share in the business.
布朗先生拥有企业一半的股份。
A half truth is often no better than a lie.
半真半假的话常常跟谎言一样糟。
The girl left her homework half done.
这女孩只做完了一半作业。
These potatoes are only half cooked.
这些土豆煮得半生不熟。
五、词汇搭配
六、情景对话
参观
A：The tour should last about an hour and ahalf .
这次参观大概需要一个半小时。
B：I‘m really looking forward to this.
我期待这次参观已久了。
half
A：We can start over here.
我们可以从这里开始。
B：I‘ll just follow you.
我跟着你就是。
更改约会时间
A：I need to change the time we meet for lunch.
我需要更改我们见面吃午饭的时间。
B：What time would be good for you?
什么时间你合适呢？
half
A：I‘ll be abouthalf an hour late.
我大概要慢半个小时。
half的反义词
B：Good, I‘ll see you there at 12:30.
好的，十二点我会在那儿与你碰面。
销售商务会谈
A：I'm sorry to say that the price you quote is too high. It would be very difficult for us to push any sales if we buy it at this price.
很遗憾你们报的价格太高，如果按这种价格买进，我方实在难以推销。
B：well, if you take quality into consideration, you won't think our price is too high.
如果你考虑一下质量，你就不会觉得我们的价格太高了。
A：Let's meet each otherhalf way.
那咱们就各让一步吧。
七、词源解说
half的相关近义词
divided、deficient、limited、partly、partially
half的相关反义词
all、total、whole、completely、entirely、wholly
half的相关临近词
halfway、hale、Halft、Halff、halfy、Halfen、Halfon、Halfin、Halfan、Halfar、halfer、halfarc