quart

noun
🔊/kwɔːt/
🔊/kwɔːrt/
(abbreviation qt)
Idioms
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  1. 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)Topics Maths and measurementc2
    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
  1. (British English) 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.单卷撰写世界历史就像将一夸脱放入一品脱锅中。