quartering

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基本释义

The bombers had conducted a 300 - mile search, quartering and requartering the area.

轰炸机在那地区上空一次又一次地来回执行三百英里搜索.

辞典例句

He swam quartering upstream, but still was swept downward rather faster than he had expected.

他向上游游去, 可是河水老是要把他往下游冲,流速比他想象的要快得多.

英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

They were not even quartering on the scent.

它们竟然不用到处来回搜索这臭迹.

互联网

When he had pulled a mile above the village, he started quartering stoutly to his work.

他划离了村子有一英哩时, 调转船头,全力以赴,冲着对岸径直划过去.

互联网

Noun

1. a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages
2. living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel)
3. dividing into four equal parts