| 单词 | sectioned |
| 释义 | sectioned (once / 153498 pages) adj Something that's sectioned has been divided into parts. Oranges are easy to share because they are naturally sectioned. Anything that's split into sections, or that has specific areas set apart from each other, is sectioned. For example, a sectioned theater might be divided into the orchestra, the mezzanine, and the balcony. A sectioned chicken is split into parts before it's sold or served — wings, breast, and thigh. The adjective sectioned comes from a Latin root, sectionem, "a cutting, cutting of, or division." WORD FAMILYsection: midsection, sectional, sectioned, sectioning, sections, subsection+/midsection: midsections/sectional: bisectional, sectionalise, sectionalism, sectionalize, sectionally/sectionalise: sectionalisation/sectionalism: sectionalisms/sectionalize: sectionalization, sectionalized, sectionalizing/subsection: subsections USAGE EXAMPLESIt is kind of sectioned off into different themes.” Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) Puttering along in her golf cart, we passed a series of salt ponds sectioned by low stone walls. Washington Post(Oct 27, 2016) During the trial, jurors were told Daley's mother had pleaded with mental health experts to have her son sectioned. BBC(Oct 17, 2016) adj consisting of or divided into sections sectioned plates Syn sectional divided separated into parts or pieces |
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