a unit for measuring liquids, equal to 2 pints or about 1.14 litres in the UK and Canada, and 0.95 of a litre in the US 夸脱（液量单位，在英国和加拿大等于 2 品脱或 1.14 升，在美国等于 0.95 升） Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French quarte, from Latin quarta (pars) ‘fourth (part)’, from quartus ‘fourth’, from quattuor ‘four’.
Idioms
put a quart into a pint pot
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to put something into a space that is too small for it 将…置于容不下之处 Writing a history of the world in a single volume is like putting a quart into a pint pot. 单卷本写世界历史就像把一夸脱放进一品脱的罐子里。