semi

[US]/'semɪ/
[UK]/'sɛmi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 半掛車,半獨立式住宅
pref. 一半的,部分的,不完全的
Word Forms
複數semis

Phrases & Collocations

semi-automatic

半自動

semi-final

半決賽

semi-permanent

半永久

semi-circle

半圓形

semi arid

adj. 半乾燥的

semi trailer

半掛車

Example Sentences

the semi-finals of the doubles.

雙打半決賽。

a semi-rigid polyethylene hose.

半剛性聚乙烯管。

victory in a pulsating semi-final.

在激動人心的半決賽中獲得的勝利。

Real-world Examples

If you understand how to use these six semi-modals, you are doing well!

如果你明白如何使用這六個半情態的話,那就已經很好啦!

Source: Oxford University: IELTS Foreign Teacher Course

Now, interestingly they have the name semi-vowels.

而且,它們還有個名字:半元音。

Source: British English pronunciation teaching

The Palestinian Authority still administers the semi-autonomous, or partly self-ruling, areas of the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

巴勒斯坦權力機構仍然管理着以色列佔領的約旦河西岸的部分自治地區。

Source: This month VOA Special English

A semi is also a very big truck.

半截子也是一個很大的卡車。

Source: Engvid Super Teacher Selection

Point number four is also semi related to that.

第四點也與此有點相關。

Source: Cambridge top student book sharing

Just so I got... - No demi, no semi. - Full English breakfast.

就是說我… … - 不能是半英式。- 就全英式早餐。

Source: Gourmet Base

Police said the bus did not react fast enough when the semi braked for construction.

警方稱當時半拖車因前方施工而剎車,巴士反應不及。

Source: AP Listening May 2015 Collection

I hate saying it's a semi-autobiographical film because it's less semi that I think we've led people to believe.

我不喜歡說這是一部半自傳體電影,因爲我覺得它沒有我們讓人們相信的那麼半自傳。

Source: Global Leaders of the Era

So there's typically three rounds to each race, the prelim, the semi, and the final.

所以每場比賽通常有三輪,預賽、半決賽和決賽。

Source: Connection Magazine

I love the shirt, I love the mesh, I love the semi see-through pants.

我喜歡這件襯衫,我喜歡網眼,我喜歡半透明的褲子。

Source: Learn to dress like a celebrity.

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