half-day
half-day — 名詞
1. A day at work or school that is shorter than the usual schedule, because you att
半日
只上半天班或課的工作日
A day at work or school that is shorter than the usual schedule, because you attend only the morning period or only the afternoon period.
The office closes at noon on Fridays because the staff has a half-day.
辦公室週五中午關門，因為員工當天只上半天班。
have a half-day — schedule arrangement
Mei-Ling enjoys half-days because she can pick up her son from school before lunch.
Mei-Ling 很喜歡半天班，因為她可以在午餐前到學校接兒子。
Many schools in Taiwan schedule a half-day on the last day of each semester.
台灣很多學校在學期最後一天安排上半天課。
Diego took a half-day off to attend his daughter's violin recital in the afternoon.
Diego 請了半天假，去參加女兒下午的小提琴演奏會。
The company announced a half-day for all employees on New Year's Eve.
公司宣布除夕當天所有員工實施半日制。
- short day
less formal, interchangeable in most workplace contexts
- half shift
usually means working only one of two shifts in a day, not necessarily a full half-day
- full day
a regular-length workday or school day
用法筆記
Often used to describe a scheduled arrangement at a workplace or school rather than an individual decision.
常見錯誤
2. The amount of time that equals half the length of a standard working day, typica
半天
標準工作日的一半時間量
The amount of time that equals half the length of a standard working day, typically about three to four hours.
Repainting the kitchen took a half-day from start to finish.
重新油漆廚房從頭到尾花了半天的時間。
took a half-day — duration measure
Deepak booked a half-day fishing trip during his vacation in Hualien.
Deepak 在花蓮度假時預訂了半天的釣魚行程。
a half-day [activity] trip — time allocation
The consultant charged a flat fee for a half-day of work on the project.
顧問按半天的工作量向這個專案收取固定費用。
Amara needed only a half-day to sort through all the old files in the storage room.
Amara 只需要半天就把儲藏室裡的所有舊檔案整理好了。
A half-day tour of the national park starts at eight in the morning and ends at noon.
國家公園的半日遊行程早上八點出發，中午結束。
- half a working day
more explicit but less common as a compound noun
- four-hour block
informal and specific to hourly contexts
用法筆記
Unlike sense 1, this sense focuses on the duration of time rather than a scheduled arrangement. It is frequently used with verbs like 'take', 'need', or 'last'.