half是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 半， 一半a. 一半的， 不完全的ad. 一半地，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Such a leak could not be stopped; and the Scotia, her paddles half submerged, was obliged to continue her course.
-- They could scarcely believe it possible; at two yards and a half below water-mark was a regular rent, in the form of an isosceles triangle.
-- This worthy animal may allow itself to be caught in the seas of Europe (for my particular benefit), and I will not bring back less than half a yard of his ivory halberd to the Museum of Natural History."
-- Two days passed, the steam was at half pressure; a thousand schemes were tried to attract the attention and stimulate the apathy of the animal in case it should be met in those parts.
-- The Abraham Lincoln, not being able to struggle with such velocity, had moderated its pace, and sailed at half speed.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "I was hoping now for a man to come along," Gudrun said, suddenly catching her underlip between her teeth, and making a strange grimace, half sly smiling, half anguish.
-- Gudrun went on her way half dazed.
-- "I don't know half the people here," she said, in her low voice.
-- She spoke all the while in a mocking, half teasing fashion, as if making game of the whole business.
-- and he half rose to his feet, motioning to the newcomer.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- This proceeding aroused the whole hive: half a dozen four footed fiends, of various sizes and ages, issued from hidden dens to the common centre.
-- I had half a mind to spend it by my study fire, instead of wading through heath and mud to Wuthering Heights.
-- No,' I said, half smiling.
-- I exclaimed, assuming the cheerful; 'and I fear I shall be weather bound for half an hour, if you can afford me shelter during that space.
-- Half an hour?'
在刘易斯·卡罗尔的《爱丽丝漫游镜中世界》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'I'm seven and a half exactly.'
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- As soon as I was back again he returned to his former manner, half fawning, half sneering, patted me on the shoulder, told me I was a good boy and he had taken quite a fancy to me.
-- Once out upon the road, Black Dog, in spite of his wound, showed a wonderful clean pair of heels and disappeared over the edge of the hill in half a minute.
-- This appeal seemed to produce some effect, for two of the fellows began to look here and there among the lumber, but half-heartedly, I thought, and with half an eye to their own danger all the time, while the rest stood irresolute on the road.
-- And that was plainly the last signal of danger, for the buccaneers turned at once and ran, separating in every direction, one seaward along the cove, one slant across the hill, and so on, so that in half a minute not a sign of them remained but Pew.
-- I wished a round score of men in case of natives, buccaneers, or the odious French and I had the worry of the deuce itself to find so much as half a dozen, till the most remarkable stroke of fortune brought me the very man that I required.
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