English translation for "半天"

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1.(白天的一半) half of the day 短语和例子
后半天 afternoon; 前半天 morning2.(长时间) a long time; quite a while 短语和例子
他半天说不出话来。 he remained tongue-tied for a long time. 我等了他半天,他才来。 i had waited for quite a long time before he turned up. 我给你解释了这么半天, 你还不明白。 i have spent such a long time explaining it to you, but you still do not understand it

Related Translations:

放假半天:  have a half day holiday

半天天:  half the sky

早半天:  [口语] morning; before noon

停业半天:  closed for half a day

半天的:  semidiurnal

半天云:  fumingbo

半天会议:  half-day meeting

半天然生境:  semi-natural habitat

半天然港:  semi-natural harborseminatural harbour

半天鹅队形:  half swan

Example Sentences:

	1.	They whispered to each other for a long time . 他俩咕唧了半天。
	2.	He toiled a long time over his watch . 他吭哧了半天才把表修好。
	3.	He sobbed for hours when his cat died . 他的猫死了，他抽抽搭搭地哭了半天。
	4.	We were not ourselves for sometime . 我们有半天不能恢复常态。
	5.	He remained tongue-tied for a long time . 他半天说不出话来。
	6.	He spent hours gazing into the distance . 他半天凝视着远方。
	7.	For a long while he remained speechless . 他愣了半天没说话。
	8.	I wasted a lot of time for him ( and he did n't turn up ) . 我干等了他半天。
	9.	I waited a long time but not a soul turned up . 我等了半天连个影子也没见到。
	10.	You've lost a whole halfday's work . 你耽搁了整整半天的活。

Similar Words：

"半体切除术" English translation, "半体双晶" English translation, "半体旋转的" English translation, "半体旋转双晶" English translation, "半体旋转轴" English translation, "半天的" English translation, "半天的, 一天两次的" English translation, "半天鹅队形" English translation, "半天会议" English translation, "半天界生物" English translation