quarters

lodging, accommodation, apartment, flat, quarters, suite

这些名词均有“住处”之意。
lodging: 常用lodgings,指临时租借的房间或宿舍。
accommodation: 泛指各种居住住所，一般指暂时下榻之地。
apartment: 通常指占用或居住时间较长的成套房间，在美国比较常用。
flat: 多用于英国、澳大利亚和新西兰，指同一层建筑物上组成一个居住单元的几个房间。
quarters: 指某一部分人集中的居住区。
suite: 可泛指任何设备完善的一套房间，但多指包括起居室、卧室和浴室的陈设较豪华的套间。

名词 quarters:

1. housing available for people to live in
   同义词：living quarters

名词 quarter:

1. one of four equal parts
   同义词：one-fourth, fourth, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern
2. a district of a city having some distinguishing character
   同义词：quarter
3. one of four periods of play into which some games are divided
   同义词：quarter
4. a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
   同义词：quarter
5. one of four periods into which the school year is divided
   同义词：quarter
6. a fourth part of a year; three months
   同义词：quarter
7. one of the four major division of the compass
   同义词：quarter
8. a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
   同义词：quarter
9. a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
   同义词：quarter
10. a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar
    同义词：quarter
11. an unspecified person
    同义词：quarter
12. the rear part of a ship
    同义词：stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail
13. piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
    同义词：quarter
14. clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
    同义词：quarter

动词 quarter:

1. provide housing for (military personnel)
   同义词：quarter, billet, canton
2. pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
   同义词：draw, quarter, draw and quarter
3. divide into quarters
   同义词：quarter
4. divide by four; divide into quarters
   同义词：quarter

1. `Hear with one's ears' and `divide into four quarters' are pleonasms.
   ｀用耳朵听＇和｀分成四个四分之一＇是赘述。
2. The minister's speech is interpreted in some quarters (ie by some people) as an admission that the Government was wrong.
   部长的讲话有人认为是承认政府错了。
3. The wind blew from all quarters.
   风从四面八方吹来。
4. Cut the apple into quarters.
   把苹果切成四瓣儿。
5. The clock strikes the hours, the half-hours and the quarters.
   这个钟在正点、半点和一刻钟都打点。
6. The soldiers grappled with the enemy at close quarters.
   士兵短兵相接地同敌人格斗。
7. His living quarters were two small rooms on the second floor of the store.
   他的住处是那家店铺二楼上的两个小房间。
8. Married quarters are houses where soldiers live with their families.
   已婚人员营房是军人与其眷属所住的宿舍。