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halve

verb
🔊/hɑːv/
🔊/hæv/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they halve
🔊/hɑːv/
🔊/hæv/
he / she / it halves
🔊/hɑːvz/
🔊/hævz/
past simple halved
🔊/hɑːvd/
🔊/hævd/
past participle halved
🔊/hɑːvd/
🔊/hævd/
-ing form halving
🔊/ˈhɑːvɪŋ/
🔊/ˈhævɪŋ/
Idioms
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  1. [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
    • …
    preposition
    • in
    • to
    See full entry
  2. [transitive] halve something to divide something into two equal parts把…对半分
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from half.
Idioms
a trouble shared is a trouble halved
  1. (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）