'quarter note n[C] AmE a musical note which continues for a quarter of the length of a whole note British Equivalent: crotchet
1. But you mustn´t come home after a quarter past eleven. 但你不能超过11点1刻回家。
2. But note the modesty with which King advanced his view: 但是注意金展开其观点时是何等谦虚:
3. But a series of new environmental laws, together with the creation of parks and nature preserves that cover one quarter of the country, are aimed at protecting Costa Rica’s remaining forests. 但是人们制订了一系列新的环境保护法,还新建了占四分之一国土面积的公园和自然保护区,目的是要保护哥斯达黎加现存的森林。
4. It requires 97 per cent less energy to travel the quarter of a million miles from the Moon to Earth-orbit than the 200 mile-journey from Earth´s surface into orbit! 因此,从月球到地球的25万英里所消耗的能量要比从地球表面进入地球轨道的200英里所耗能量少97%。
5. When you rescued your trousers, did you find the note was whiter than white? 当你把裤子抢救出来时,你有没有发现那张纸币已经变得比白纸还白?
6. When the moon is like this, we call it a quarter moon. 这时的月亮我们称之为半月。
7. We see the change from new moon to quarter to full and back to new moon every twenty-eight days. 我们每二十八天就能看到从新月到半月、到满月再回到新月的变化过程。
8. When they arrived at the house Easton opened the door, and after making some entries in his note-book the officer went away, much to the relief of Easton, who went upstairs, set the hands of the clock right and started it going. 他们到了伊斯顿家,伊斯顿打开了家门。巡警在记事本上记下了些什么后就走开了。伊斯顿松了口气。他走上楼去,把钟拨准,上足了弦儿。
9. There was a note of triumph in my voice when I told him that it was there in black and white. 我带着一种胜利者的调子告诉他那趟车白纸黑字。