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单词 section
释义
noun | verb
sectionsection1 /ˈsɛkʃən/ ●●● S1 W2 AWL noun Etymology
ETYMOLOGYsection1
Origin: 1300-1400 Latin sectio, from secare to cut
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS
 seats in the smoking section
 The bookcase can be taken apart and stored in sections.
Thesaurus
THESAURUSpiece of something
one of the pieces or features of something, for example of an object, place, event, or period of time:  Fill in the form, and keep the top part. I spent a month in Austin as part of my training.
one of several different parts that you join together to make something:  One of the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle was missing.
a part of something that is clearly different and separate from other parts, usually with a particular purpose:  First-class seats are in the front section of the airplane.
formal one part of a length of time, quantity, or group. You can also use segment about one of the pieces that a plant or animal naturally divides into:  Life has been difficult for this segment of the population since the factory closed. She gave me a segment of the orange.
formal a part of something larger. Used to compare the part to the whole:  The newspaper printed only a small portion of the interview.
formal one of the separate parts of a machine or a system, that is necessary to make the machine or system work:  All the components should be tested before they are assembled.
formal a basic or important part of a situation, activity, or experience:  Love is an important element in the mother–child relationship, but so is power.
1PLACE/OBJECT [countable] one of the parts that something such as an object or place is divided into:  The plane’s tail section was found in a cornfield.section of This is one of the older sections of town. the reference section of the library seats in the smoking section The bookcase can be taken apart and stored in sections.► see thesaurus at part12GROUP OF PEOPLE [countable] a separate group within a larger group of people SYN segment: section of a large section of the American public3MUSIC brass/rhythm/woodwind/string etc. section the part of a band or orchestra that plays the brass, rhythm, etc. instruments4BOOK/NEWSPAPER/REPORT [countable] one of the separate parts of something written, such as a newspaper or book:  Who has the sports section? the final section of this chapter5LAW law one of the parts of a law or legal document:  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution6MEDICAL/SCIENTIFIC medicine a)[countable, uncountable] a medical operation that involves cutting → see also cesarean section at cesarean b)[countable] a very thin flat piece that is cut from skin, a plant, etc. to be looked at under a microscope7SIDE/TOP VIEW [countable, uncountable] a picture that shows what a building, part of the body, etc. would look like if it were cut from top to bottom or side to side → see also cross section8AREA OF LAND [countable] a square area of land in the central and western U.S. that is one mile long on each side9MATH [countable] math, geometry the shape that is made when a solid figure is cut by a flat surface in mathematics:  conic sections[Origin: 1300–1400 Latin sectio, from secare to cut]
noun | verb
sectionsection2 AWL verb [transitive] Verb Table
VERB TABLE
section
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theysection
he, she, itsections
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theysectioned
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave sectioned
he, she, ithas sectioned
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad sectioned
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill section
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have sectioned
Continuous Form
PresentIam sectioning
he, she, itis sectioning
you, we, theyare sectioning
PastI, he, she, itwas sectioning
you, we, theywere sectioning
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been sectioning
he, she, ithas been sectioning
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been sectioning
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be sectioning
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been sectioning
1to separate something into parts:  Peel and section the oranges.2science to cut a section from skin, a plant, etc.3math, geometry to use a flat surface to cut a solid figure in mathematics4medicine to cut a part of the body in a medical operationsection something ↔ off phrasal verb to divide an area into parts, especially by putting something between the parts:  Part of the yard had been sectioned off for growing vegetables.
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