一刻钟 meaning in English
a quarter = fifteen minutes
a quarter of an hour
quarter hour
quarter-hour
Examples
- Fifteen minutes before dinner, take the stew out of the oven .
在用餐前的一刻钟把炖锅从电炉上端下来。 - Every quarter of an hour the railway brought fresh accessions of sightseers .
坦帕铁路每隔一刻钟载来一批看热闹的群众。 - Before he had been up a quarter of an hour the whole house were astir and busy .
他下床还不到一刻钟，全家也都忙起来了。 - She disputed with me a quarter of an hour yesterday about the cooking of the beef, she said i boiled it to rags .
昨天为了烧牛肉，她同我吵了一刻钟，说我烧得太烂。 - In another quarter of an hour the stranger was completely arrayed in a full suit of mr. nathaniel winkle's .
一刻钟内，陌生人已经用那生聂尔文克尔先生的一套礼服打扮齐全了。