quarter ['kwɔrtɚ] 词频1 词根: quatr

n. 四分之一;一刻钟;地区;（美式足球的）一节; vt. 把…四等分;供…住宿;使（士兵）驻扎;

💡 quart四+er名词后缀 → 四分之一；一刻钟

"They walked a quarter of a mile down the mountainside."

近义：house, keep, lodge, place, accommodate, billet 反义：oust, out, expel, deport, dispossess, exile

come [kʌm] 词频1

vi. 来;开始;出现;发生; vt. 做;装扮…的样子;将满（…岁）; int. 嗨！;

"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."

近义：impersonate, perform, personify, portray, represent, stage 反义：leave, absquatulate, retire, retreat, scat, split

little ['lɪtl] 词频1

adj. 小的;琐碎的;娇小的;幼小的; adv. 不多，略微;少许，一点;短时间地; n. （表示否定）微少;没有多少;短时间; det. （数量上）微少的，少到几乎没有的;（a little）少量的，一些;

"His little affectations irritated her."

近义：minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny 反义：large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital

earlier ['ɝlɪr]

adj. 早期的，初期的; adv. 早期（地），初期（地）;

"The basic design of the car is very similar to that of earlier models."

近义：onetime, back, precedent, preceding, prevenient, previous