quarters

詞意辨析：

lodging, accommodation, apartment, flat, quarters, suite

這些名詞均有“住處”之意。
lodging: 常用lodgings,指臨時租借的房間或宿舍。
accommodation: 泛指各種居住住所，一般指暫時下榻之地。
apartment: 通常指占用或居住時間較長的成套房間，在美國比較常用。
flat: 多用於英國、澳大利亞和紐西蘭，指同一層建築物上組成一個居住單元的幾個房間。
quarters: 指某一部分人集中的居住區。
suite: 可泛指任何設備完善的一套房間，但多指包括起居室、臥室和浴室的陳設較豪華的套間。 

英文解釋：

名詞 quarters:

1. housing available for people to live in
   同義詞：living quarters

名詞 quarter:

1. one of four equal parts
   同義詞：one-fourth, fourth, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern
2. a district of a city having some distinguishing character
   同義詞：quarter
3. one of four periods of play into which some games are divided
   同義詞：quarter
4. a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
   同義詞：quarter
5. one of four periods into which the school year is divided
   同義詞：quarter
6. a fourth part of a year; three months
   同義詞：quarter
7. one of the four major division of the compass
   同義詞：quarter
8. a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
   同義詞：quarter
9. a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
   同義詞：quarter
10. a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar
    同義詞：quarter
11. an unspecified person
    同義詞：quarter
12. the rear part of a ship
    同義詞：stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail
13. piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
    同義詞：quarter
14. clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
    同義詞：quarter

動詞 quarter:

1. provide housing for (military personnel)
   同義詞：quarter, billet, canton
2. pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
   同義詞：draw, quarter, draw and quarter
3. divide into quarters
   同義詞：quarter
4. divide by four; divide into quarters
   同義詞：quarter

英文造句：

1. `Hear with one's ears' and `divide into four quarters' are pleonasms.
   ｀用耳朵聽＇和｀分成四個四分之一＇是贅述。
2. The minister's speech is interpreted in some quarters (ie by some people) as an admission that the Government was wrong.
   部長的講話有人認為是承認政府錯了。
3. The wind blew from all quarters.
   風從四面八方吹來。
4. Cut the apple into quarters.
   把蘋果切成四瓣兒。
5. The clock strikes the hours, the half-hours and the quarters.
   這個鐘在正點、半點和一刻鐘都打點。
6. The soldiers grappled with the enemy at close quarters.
   士兵短兵相接地同敵人格鬥。
7. His living quarters were two small rooms on the second floor of the store.
   他的住處是那家店鋪二樓上的兩個小房間。
8. Married quarters are houses where soldiers live with their families.
   已婚人員營房是軍人與其眷屬所住的宿舍。