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a quart of [liquid]
夸脱是可数名词，表示液体的容量单位。
I bought a quart of milk.
我买了一夸脱牛奶。
夸脱
quarts — plural of quart
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
夸脱
a US liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
I bought a quart of milk.
我买了一夸脱牛奶。
A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.
美制液量单位,等于32液盎司,4夸脱合1加仑
a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
Four successive cards of the same suit.
英制容量单位(液量或干量),等于2品脱或1.136升
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters
I bought a quart of milk at the store.
我在商店买了一夸脱牛奶。
The recipe calls for two quarts of water.
这个食谱需要两夸脱水。
He drank a quart of orange juice after the game.
他赛后喝了一夸脱橙汁。
夸脱是可数名词，表示液体的容量单位。
I bought a quart of milk.
我买了一夸脱牛奶。
超过一夸脱时用复数形式 quarts。
The recipe needs two quarts of water.
这个食谱需要两夸脱的水。
Not this
It's a quart to six.
Use this
It's a quarter to six.
quart（夸脱）是容量单位，不能用来表示时间或分数；表示“四分之一；一刻钟”必须用 quarter。这是拼写相近词引起的混淆。
Not this
I need a quart milk for the recipe.
Use this
I need a quart of milk for the recipe.
英语中 quart、cup、liter 等量度名词后接实物名词时必须加介词 of，构成“a quart of + 名词”结构。中文量词可直接放在名词前，所以学习者容易漏掉 of。
Not this
We drank two quart of water.
Use this
We drank two quarts of water.
quart 是可数名词，复数形式为 quarts；与大于 1 的数词连用时必须用复数。同时后接名词时仍要用 of（two quarts of water）。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
一夸脱牛奶
I bought a quart of milk at the store.
我在商店买了一夸脱牛奶。
夸脱瓶
He finished a quart bottle of juice.
他喝完了一瓶一夸脱的果汁。
半夸脱
The recipe calls for half a quart of cream.
这个食谱需要半夸脱奶油。
按夸脱
The farm sells milk by the quart.
这家农场按夸脱卖牛奶。
夸脱容量的容器
You'll need a quart-sized container for the soup.
你需要一个夸脱容量的容器来装汤。
试图做不可能的事；把东西硬塞进过小的空间
You can't put a quart into a pint pot, so don't expect to finish the whole project in one day.
你不能把一夸脱硬塞进一品脱的壶里，所以别指望一天之内完成整个项目。
脑子不太正常；缺根弦
He must be a quart low if he thinks that plan will work.
如果他觉得那个计划能行，那他的脑子准是缺根弦。
一夸脱装不进一品脱的壶里。
He tried to justify ten days of work in a one-hour meeting—you can't get a quart into a pint pot.
他想在一次一小时的会议上把十天的工作说完，这就像把一夸脱装进一品脱的壶里一样不现实。
Use quarts naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 quart 联想成 quarter（四分之一）：1 quart 正好是 1 gallon 的四分之一，四个 quart 凑成一加仑。
语域：neutral 常见场景：cooking、grocery shopping、recipe instructions 夸脱是液体容量单位，通常为中性词，多用于烹饪、购物等日常场合，也常见于商品标签和食谱。该词没有明显的正式或非正式色彩，可根据语境自然使用。
与 sort、court、fort、short、sport、port 押韵，均读 /ɔrt/。注意 quart 读 /kwɔrt/，不要按拼写读成 /kwɑrt/；art /ɑrt/ 不押韵；quartz /kwɔrts/ 拼写相似但多一个 /s/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.