英语词源
- semi-detached (adj.)
- in reference to houses, 1845, from semi- + past participle of detach (v.).
The "Detached House" bears its peculiar characteristic on its front; it stands alone, and nothing more can be said about it; but with the "semi-detached house" there is a subtle mystery, much to be marvelled at. Semi-detached! Have the party-walls between two houses shrunk, or is there a bridge connecting the two, as in Mr. Beckford's house in Landsdown Crescent, Bath? A semi-detached house may be a house with a field on one side and a bone-boiling factory on the other. Semi-detached may mean half-tumbling to pieces. I must inquire into it. ["Houses to Let," in "Household Words," March 20, 1852]
权威例句
- 1. It would be a disaster for them not to reach the semi-finals.
- 如果不能挺进半决赛，对他们来说就是完败。
- 2. He was beaten in the semi-finals by Chris Dittmar.
- 他在半决赛中输给了克里斯·迪特马尔。
- 3. The top four seeded nations are through to the semi-finals.
- 排名前四位的国家进入半决赛。
- 4. He couldn't recapture the form he'd shown in getting to the semi-final.
- 他没能找回闯进半决赛时表现出来的状态。
- 5. He had been to see a Semi-Final of the FA Cup.
- 他看过一场足总杯半决赛。