half hour

劍橋詞典

a period of 30 minutes
半小時(shí)，30分鐘
The dollar surged against the yen in the final half hour of trading . 在交易的最后半小時(shí)里美元對(duì)日元的匯率猛漲。
Half an hour later , she was smiling and chatting as if nothing had happened . 半小時(shí)后，她又談笑風(fēng)生，仿佛什么事都沒發(fā)生過。
She is to host a new half-hour show that will be broadcast every weekday evening . 她將主持一檔新的半小時(shí)節(jié)目，在工作日晚間播出。
Trains for Washington depart on the/every half hour (= at 10.30, 11.30, etc.). 開往華盛頓的列車每逢半點(diǎn)發(fā)出一趟。

例句

• Once Mrs Kirkpatrick starts talking to you, you're stuck with her for a good half hour .
• The train doesn't leave for another half hour yet .
• Then we had to sit through another half hour of tedious questions .
• The first half hour of the day is usually spent on correspondence , emails and paperwork .
• I've spent the last half hour trying to get the baby off to sleep .
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