halve
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they halve | |
| he / she / it halves | |
| past simple halved | |
| past participle halved | |
| -ing form halving |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to reduce by a half; to make something reduce by a half （使）减半 The shares have halved in value. 股价已经跌了一半。 - halve something
The company is halving its prices. 该公司正将产品半价出售。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- more than
- almost
- nearly
- …
- in
- to
- [transitive] halve something
to divide something into two equal parts 把…对半分
Word OriginMiddle English: from half.
Idioms
a trouble shared is a trouble halved
- (saying)
if you talk to somebody about your problems and worries, instead of keeping them to yourself, they seem less serious 诉说烦恼，一半自消（向人倾诉，愁苦就会减少）