half board
half
hale
halcyon
halal (also hallal)
half cock
half holiday
half moon
half nelson
half pay
half-and-half
half-back
half-baked
half-brother
half-caste (also half-breed)
half-crazed
half-crown
half-dozen
half-hardy
half-hearted
half-heartedly
half-hourly
half-length
half-life
half-light
half-listen
half-mast
half-naked
half-note
half-price
half-seas-over
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half cock

1 position of the hammer of a gun when pulled half-way back (枪的)半击发状态(击锤向後拉到行程一半的位置上). 2 (idm 习语) go off at half `cock (of an event) fail because of being only half ready or badly prepared (指事情)因时机不成熟或未做好准备而未成功.



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