crotchet

英 [ˈkrɒtʃɪt]

美 [ˈkrɑːtʃɪt]

n.  四分音符

复数：crotchets　第三人称单数：crotchets　

医学

BNC.30051

牛津词典

noun

• 四分音符
  a note that lasts half as long as a minim/half note

柯林斯词典

• 四分音符
  Acrotchetis a musical note that has a time value equal to two quavers.

in AM, use 美国英语用 quarter note

英英释义

noun

• a small tool or hooklike implement
• a strange attitude or habit
  Synonym:oddityqueernessquirkquirkiness
• a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note
  Synonym:quarter note
• a sharp curve or crook
  Synonym:hook

双语例句

• These are small naughty will be want as an omnipotent and big hero, you you their strange think the crotchet, all of their funny problems resolve good.
  这些小淘气会把你当成一个无所不能的大英雄，你要把他们的奇思怪想，他们的无厘头问题全部解决好。
• France's diminished cultural profile would be just another interesting national crotchet like Italy's low birthrate, or Russia's fondness for vodka if France weren't France.
  若法国不是法国，其文化形象的下降，就像意大利的出生率和俄国对伏特加的偏好一样，又会是另一种有趣的国家怪象。