{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "kˈwɔrtər" ], "imgurl": [ "/var/www/html/blab/dic/img/quarter.jpg" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/quarter.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/quarter.mp3" }, { "lang": "Audio (UK)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/uk/quarter.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (UK)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/uk/quarter.mp3" }, { "lang": "Audio (UK)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/uk/quarter.wav" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "From Middle English quarter, from Anglo-Norman quarter, from Latin quartarius, from quartus. Compare Spanish cuarto (“room, quarters; quarter”). Doublet of quartier.", "Borrowed from French cartayer." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "A fourth part of something.", "submean": [ "(in general sense) Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part. \nA quarter of an hour.", "(now chiefly historical) A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location. \n", "A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams. ", "(historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard. ", "(now historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night. \n", "(now chiefly financial) A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season. ", "(time) A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour. ", "(now chiefly historical) A fourth part of a hundredweight. ", "(heraldry) A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side. ", "(Canada, US) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada. ", "(sports) One of four equal periods into which a game is divided. ", "(Chester, historical) A quarter of an acre or 40 roods." ] }, { "mean": "Place or position.", "submean": [ "A region or place. \n", "Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass. ", "A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc. ", "One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff. ", "(figurative, archaic) A topic or area of endeavour.\n", "(nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern. \n", "(farriery) The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin. \n" ] }, { "mean": "(often plural) A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.\nopposition to the policy came from an unexpected quarter, as well as from certain quarters which had historically opposed it\nall quarters of the socialist movement; praise from Conservative quarters" }, { "mean": "(obsolete) Relations between people." }, { "mean": "Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed." }, { "mean": "Short forms.", "submean": [ "(now rare, rugby, American football) A quarterback. ", "(military slang, now rare) A quartermaster; a quartermaster sergeant. \n", "A quarterfinal. " ] } ] }, { "name": "Adjective", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter." }, { "mean": "(chiefly) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (1⁄4, 25%).\na quarter hour; a quarter century; a quarter note; a quarter pound" }, { "mean": "(chiefly) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.\nA quarter day is one terminating a quarter of the year.\nA quarter session is one held quarterly at the end of a quarter." } ] }, { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.\nQuarter the horses in the third stable." }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To quartersaw." } ] }, { "name": "References_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Adjective\n\"quarter\" at Merriam-Webster\n\"quarter\" in Harrap's Shorter, 2006, p. 761" } ] }, { "name": "Verb_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(obsolete) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.\n1821 September–October​, , “(please specify the page)”, in Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, 2nd edition, London: for Taylor and Hessey, , published 1823, →OCLC:Every creature that met us would rely upon us for quartering" } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "", "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "", "submean": [ "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ] }, { "mean": "", "submean": [ "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ] }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "", "submean": [ "", "", "" ] } ] }, { "name": "형용사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "참조_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] } ] }, "synonyms": { "org": [ "(one of four equal parts): fourth, fourth part, ¼", "(period of three consecutive months): trimester, cour", "(section of a town): district; ward; neighborhood; ghetto (pejorative); borough (New York City); capitoulate (Toulouse, historical)" ], "kor": [ "", "", "" ] } } }