half 意味 & 読み方

日本語でのhalfの意味

• 0 one of two equal parts of something; 1/2 -- 半分, 2分の1

  • Cut the lemons into halves.

  • It’ll take half an hour to get there.

  • Jenny lived in Beijing for a year and a half.

• 1 to divide something into two equal parts -- ～を2つに割る、～を2つに切る、等

  • Fold the piece of paper in half.

• 2 a lot -- しばしば, ほとんどの場合

  • I don’t even know where she is half the time.

• 3 30 minutes past one o’clock, two o’clock, etc. -- ～時半（1時半、2時半、等）

  • We got back to our hotel at half past seven.

• 4 partly, but not completely -- 一部, 部分的に

  • The room was half empty.

  • Sophia is half Greek and half Spanish (= she has one Greek parent and one Spanish parent).