| 释义 |
morcellated, ppl. a.|ˈmɔːsəleɪtɪd|
[f. *morcellate vb. (formed after morcellement) + -ed1.]
Divided into many pieces; parcelled. Also fig.
1888N. S. Shaler in 9th Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. (1889) 585 It is probably to this morcellated character of the rock..that we owe the great erosion of the granites..of this vicinity. 1953E. L. Mascall Corpus Christi iii. 57 It is perfectly possible for the parish communion to result in a far more morcellated and fragmented conception of the Church and of the liturgy than can be produced in any number of ‘private masses’. 1964Welsh Hist. Rev. II. 52 The centrifugal tendencies inherent in Welsh tribal life and custom did more than anything else to perpetuate the severely-morcellated political system. |