半个小时用英语怎么说，half a hour还是a half hour

“半个小时”怎么说?

“半个小时”不就是“half a hour”?

还真不是!!!

1半个小时用英语怎么说

half a hour是错误 的表达，正确的应该是half an hour

“a”用在辅音音素开头的单数可数名词前

“an”则用在元音音素开头的单数可数名词前

【“hour”的音标[aʊr]，是元音因素开头，所以要用“an hour” 】

The book was so dull that it had him into the land of nod in half an hour.

这本书枯燥无味，他看了不到半小时就睡着了。

2hour有关的常用短语

the eleventh hour

最后时刻

The news that our volleyball team had won the game came to us at the Eleventh hour.

最后时刻传来我们排球队胜利的喜讯。

happy hour

狂欢时段(酒吧的减价时段)

很多酒吧、餐厅在高峰之前，都会有一段特定的时间酒水优惠，所以“happy hour”还有“商品打折时间”的意思。

 Blow off work and let's go to happy hour!

把工作丢一边，我们出去狂欢!

They have happy hour between midnight and 2 am.

他们在午夜到凌晨2点有减价时段。

zero hour

关键时刻

Get your equipment ready, it's coming up to zero hour.

把你们的器材准备好，开始行动的关键时刻到了。

rush hour/ peak hour

交通高峰期

The cars trickled through the city at peak hour.

在上下班高峰期城里车辆移动缓慢。