单词 | portion |
释义 | Word Frequency portion(ˈpɔːʃən) noun 1. a part of a whole; fraction 2. a part allotted or belonging to a person or group 3. an amount of food served to one person; helping 4. law a. a share of property, esp one coming to a child from the estate of his or her parents b. archaic the property given by a woman to her husband at marriage; dowry 5. a person's lot or destiny verb (transitive) 6. to divide up; share out 7. to give a share to (a person); assign or allocate 8. law to give a dowry or portion to (a person); endow Derived forms portionless (ˈportionless) adjective Word origin C13: via Old French from Latin portiō portion, allocation; related to pars part |
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