quarter note

1. 四分音符
   A quarter note is a musical note that has a time value equal to two eighth notes.

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 crotchet

1. We do not currently look for interest rate cuts or explicit central government loosening of real estate policy but these will come in the third quarter if the economy is not responding, Standard Chartered economists wrote in a note.
   我们目前并不预期会有降息或中央政府明确放松房地产政策，但如果经济没有起色，此类措施将在第三季度出台，渣打银行（StandardChartered）经济学家在一份简报中写道。
2. A double dotted half note or minim is equal in length to three quarter notes or crotchets and an 8th note or quaver. a time signature indicating four beats to the bar.
   半音加两个符点，时值等于三个四分音符或一个八分音符。每小节有四个四分音符或与其相当的音乐时值。
3. A cross stroke added to a note that is less than a quarter note in value. Study on the Method of Overlap for DLG and DOM
   加在音符上的一个实质上还不到一个四分之一音符的十字型符号.数字线划图与正射影像精确叠加方法的研究
4. We estimate that China banks 'aggregate earnings dropped by an average of 44 per cent quarter-on-quarter in the fourth quarter of 2008, Sherry Lin, a Credit Suisse analyst, said in a research note.
   瑞士信贷（CreditSuisse）分析师林淑娥（SherryLin）在一份研究报告中表示：我们估计，2008年第四季度中国各银行的总盈利环比平均下降了44%。

noun

1. a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note

   Synonym:    crotchet