quarterly

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A periodical publication that appears four times per year.
    — “We’re hoping (that) getting the message out in the quarterlies is going to teach people, as well as their supervisors … you can’t do this stuff,” FBI assistant director Candice Will told CNN this week.
形容词 adj.
  1. Occurring once every quarter year (three months); taking place quarter-yearly. not-comparable
    — quarterly rent payments
  2. (of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise. not-comparable
    — The arms of Hohenzollern is quarterly argent and sable.
副词 adv.
  1. Once every quarter year (three months). not-comparable
  2. In the four, or in two diagonally opposite, quarters of a shield. not-comparable
    — It consisted of the arms of the City of London, Middlesex (three seaxes, or Saxon swords), Buckingham (a swan), and Hertford (a hart), arranged quarterly, on a background of crimson and ermine mantling […].

词形变化

quarterlies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
biquarterly nonquarterly quarterly court quarterly quartered
相关词
quarter day grand-quarterly

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English quarter
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English quarterly
From quarter + -ly (adjectival).
词源 2
Etymology tree
English quarter
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English quarterly
From quarter + -ly (adverbial suffix).
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