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词汇 semi
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Definition of semi in English:

semi

nounPlural semis ˈsɛmiˈsɛmaɪ
informal
  • 1British A semi-detached house.

    〈英〉半独立式住宅

    a three-bedroomed semi

    一栋三卧室的半独立式住宅。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The house was a three bedroomed semi with a joint garden at the front and an overgrown jungle at the back where bushes and vines actually reached out of chest high grass to scratch and scrape at the back porch.
    • York, he said, had many good properties from two- and three-bedroom town and terraced houses to semis and riverside apartments.
    • Sitting one day in their three-bedroom semi in Audenshaw, Andy and Anna looked out to see two teenagers climbing up a drainpipe of the Junction pub opposite.
    • Parallel to the seafront, Castle Avenue is a quirky road of elegant Victorian red-brick houses, 1930s-built semis and modest bungalows.
    • Their house is a two-bedroom semi in Melbourne, 12 miles from York.
    • My first house was a three-bed semi in Saundersted, Surrey, which I bought for £15,500, £14,500 of which I had to borrow.
    • The development is made up of five unit styles: two- and three-bedroom townhouses, three-bedroom semis and four-bedroom semis with or without a kitchen extension.
    • Hollowshaw was kicked out of the three-bedroom semi after the housing association won a court order for possession.
    • We're on the Medway estate, a well-kept network of mock Tudor semis and desirable council housing complete with spring blossom and multi-car ownership.
    • A development of three- and five-bedroom town houses, two-bedroom apartments and three-bed semis.
    • She bought a neighbouring semi to house her collection.
    • They also plan to buy a bigger house than their three-bedroom semi, although Mr Stone said he would not leave his job as an IT analyst in South Manchester.
    • Prices range from £115,500 for a three-bedroom semi to £169,900 for a four-bedroom detached house.
    • Hannah's father, David, is a coal merchant and the family live in a three-bedroom semi.
    • Eddie, an engineer by trade, started building his ‘castle’ when the run-down semi attached to his house went on the market.
    • Mr Cunningham said the fuel bill for the three-bedroom semi he shares with his wife and two children is on average between £200 and £300 a quarter.
    • Even a three-bedroom semi would be worth considerably more today than our modest cottage.
    • Bookings are now being taken off the plans for six two-bedroom semi-detached houses, three three-bedroom semis and 12 four-bedroom semis.
    • Due for completion in February, Ridgewood is situated at Forrest Road in Swords and has a mix of two-bedroom townhouses, four-bedroom semis and four-bedroom detached houses.
    • They have performed in a range of different homes from suburban semis and flats to country mansions.
    Synonyms
    small house, house, bungalow, villa, lodge, chalet, cabin, shack, shanty
  • 2A semi-final.

    半决赛

    they defeated them in the semi

    他们在半决赛中击败了他们。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The venues for both the League quarter finals and semis will be announced on Sunday night after the preliminary round games take place.
    • Their clash will be one of only three matches scheduled for this weekend, before two full rounds over the next two Saturdays will complete the pointscore championship and herald the semis.
    • Laois hurlers start preparations for the league and championship with an away game to Meath in the Walsh Cup on Sunday with the winners facing Offaly in the semi on the following Sunday.
    • The quarters and semis will both take place tomorrow, with the final set for early Sunday afternoon.
    • The 100-up format (best of five games for the league, best of seven for the quarters and semis and best of nine for the final) does not give much of a chance for one to recover.
    • I've always done well there - quarters, semis and a fourth round I think is not bad.
    • I would get to the quarters or the semis and I was very tired already, and I couldn't imagine myself playing two or three weeks in a row.
    • Ferrero and Coria will meet in the semis in a rematch of the 2003 Monte Carlo final, which Ferrero won.
    • The closest game according to the markets will be tonight's Panthers v St George game - and I think it will be the match of the semis.
    • Woodhouse Grange have reached the final of a leading York district cricket tournament - without having played a semi or quarter-final.
    • With two quarter-finals and both semis still outstanding, tournament organisers must decide whether to stretch the final over to Monday or abandon the event, as they were forced to do in 1998.
    • Her game just kept improving with every round, she played some tough matches, demolished the defending champion in the semis and survived a battle of attrition in the final.
    • The quarters and semis will follow on Saturday, with the final set for 12: 45 Sunday afternoon.
    • The Coca-Cola Challenge, Knock Out Cup preliminaries, quarter-finals and semis will be played after the end of the league season.
    • He also needed a five game comeback in his quarter-final to reach the semis.
    • Because of yesterday's rain, both the men's quarter-finals and women's semis were pushed back a day.
    • The caprice of the draw created an intriguing dynamic, as the top-half quarter-final pairings constituted a pair of rematches from the Hyder semis.
    • A disappointing match but when the quarters and semis are played on the same day, this sort of burn out performance is bound to happen.
    • For somebody who has been back barely four months, her progress has been miraculous: she won the Washington Open and has reached the semis or quarters of five other tournaments.
    • Assuming they get the necessary point against Croatia on Monday, inevitable disaster awaits the Poms in the quarters or semis.
  • 3North American A semi-trailer.

    半决赛

    she pulled into the path of a semi

    她把车驶入拖车道。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It looks suspiciously like a freezer, only very, very large; like the trailer of a semi.
    • Motioning with their flashlights on either side of the trailer, Anthony and his new employer got the semi backed up to the crumbling cement dock of Fourteen building.
    • Stephanie pressed hard on the accelerator and the car shot forward out of the trucks path, the semi missing them by less than a foot.
    • Their semi pulls 30-foot grain trailers instead of normal 40-footers.

Origin

Early 20th century: abbreviation.

Rhymes

Clemmie, Emmy, jemmy, lemme

Definition of semi in US English:

semi

nounˈsemīˈsɛmaɪ
informal
  • 1North American A tractor-trailer.

    she pulled into the path of a semi

    她把车驶入拖车道。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Motioning with their flashlights on either side of the trailer, Anthony and his new employer got the semi backed up to the crumbling cement dock of Fourteen building.
    • It looks suspiciously like a freezer, only very, very large; like the trailer of a semi.
    • Stephanie pressed hard on the accelerator and the car shot forward out of the trucks path, the semi missing them by less than a foot.
    • Their semi pulls 30-foot grain trailers instead of normal 40-footers.
  • 2A semifinal.

    半决赛

    they defeated them in the semi

    他们在半决赛中击败了他们。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I've always done well there - quarters, semis and a fourth round I think is not bad.
    • Woodhouse Grange have reached the final of a leading York district cricket tournament - without having played a semi or quarter-final.
    • The venues for both the League quarter finals and semis will be announced on Sunday night after the preliminary round games take place.
    • Her game just kept improving with every round, she played some tough matches, demolished the defending champion in the semis and survived a battle of attrition in the final.
    • The Coca-Cola Challenge, Knock Out Cup preliminaries, quarter-finals and semis will be played after the end of the league season.
    • The closest game according to the markets will be tonight's Panthers v St George game - and I think it will be the match of the semis.
    • The caprice of the draw created an intriguing dynamic, as the top-half quarter-final pairings constituted a pair of rematches from the Hyder semis.
    • With two quarter-finals and both semis still outstanding, tournament organisers must decide whether to stretch the final over to Monday or abandon the event, as they were forced to do in 1998.
    • The quarters and semis will follow on Saturday, with the final set for 12: 45 Sunday afternoon.
    • The quarters and semis will both take place tomorrow, with the final set for early Sunday afternoon.
    • Their clash will be one of only three matches scheduled for this weekend, before two full rounds over the next two Saturdays will complete the pointscore championship and herald the semis.
    • Ferrero and Coria will meet in the semis in a rematch of the 2003 Monte Carlo final, which Ferrero won.
    • The 100-up format (best of five games for the league, best of seven for the quarters and semis and best of nine for the final) does not give much of a chance for one to recover.
    • For somebody who has been back barely four months, her progress has been miraculous: she won the Washington Open and has reached the semis or quarters of five other tournaments.
    • Because of yesterday's rain, both the men's quarter-finals and women's semis were pushed back a day.
    • He also needed a five game comeback in his quarter-final to reach the semis.
    • I would get to the quarters or the semis and I was very tired already, and I couldn't imagine myself playing two or three weeks in a row.
    • Assuming they get the necessary point against Croatia on Monday, inevitable disaster awaits the Poms in the quarters or semis.
    • A disappointing match but when the quarters and semis are played on the same day, this sort of burn out performance is bound to happen.
    • Laois hurlers start preparations for the league and championship with an away game to Meath in the Walsh Cup on Sunday with the winners facing Offaly in the semi on the following Sunday.
  • 3British A semidetached house.

    〈英〉半独立式住宅

    a three-bedroom semi

    一栋三卧室的半独立式住宅。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Even a three-bedroom semi would be worth considerably more today than our modest cottage.
    • They also plan to buy a bigger house than their three-bedroom semi, although Mr Stone said he would not leave his job as an IT analyst in South Manchester.
    • She bought a neighbouring semi to house her collection.
    • Hannah's father, David, is a coal merchant and the family live in a three-bedroom semi.
    • The house was a three bedroomed semi with a joint garden at the front and an overgrown jungle at the back where bushes and vines actually reached out of chest high grass to scratch and scrape at the back porch.
    • Eddie, an engineer by trade, started building his ‘castle’ when the run-down semi attached to his house went on the market.
    • Hollowshaw was kicked out of the three-bedroom semi after the housing association won a court order for possession.
    • Their house is a two-bedroom semi in Melbourne, 12 miles from York.
    • My first house was a three-bed semi in Saundersted, Surrey, which I bought for £15,500, £14,500 of which I had to borrow.
    • Sitting one day in their three-bedroom semi in Audenshaw, Andy and Anna looked out to see two teenagers climbing up a drainpipe of the Junction pub opposite.
    • We're on the Medway estate, a well-kept network of mock Tudor semis and desirable council housing complete with spring blossom and multi-car ownership.
    • Bookings are now being taken off the plans for six two-bedroom semi-detached houses, three three-bedroom semis and 12 four-bedroom semis.
    • York, he said, had many good properties from two- and three-bedroom town and terraced houses to semis and riverside apartments.
    • Due for completion in February, Ridgewood is situated at Forrest Road in Swords and has a mix of two-bedroom townhouses, four-bedroom semis and four-bedroom detached houses.
    • Prices range from £115,500 for a three-bedroom semi to £169,900 for a four-bedroom detached house.
    • They have performed in a range of different homes from suburban semis and flats to country mansions.
    • The development is made up of five unit styles: two- and three-bedroom townhouses, three-bedroom semis and four-bedroom semis with or without a kitchen extension.
    • A development of three- and five-bedroom town houses, two-bedroom apartments and three-bed semis.
    • Mr Cunningham said the fuel bill for the three-bedroom semi he shares with his wife and two children is on average between £200 and £300 a quarter.
    • Parallel to the seafront, Castle Avenue is a quirky road of elegant Victorian red-brick houses, 1930s-built semis and modest bungalows.
    Synonyms
    small house, house, bungalow, villa, lodge, chalet, cabin, shack, shanty

Origin

Early 20th century: abbreviation.

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