英语词汇“sever”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To sever something is to cut it off from the whole. If your girlfriend breaks up with you on your anniversary, you might respond by severing the blossoms off the roses you were planning to give her. (Just an idea.)

Sever rhymes with ever, but it looks like the word severe, which means "harsh." The similarity between sever and severe is a good reminder to reserve sever for harsh, unpleasant circumstances. If you’re trimming your fingernails, you might use the word clip, but sever wouldn’t be appropriate. If, however, you somehow cut off your finger while clipping your fingernails, you’re free to use the word sever — or any other word you like — on your way to the hospital.

WORD FAMILY

sever: severable, severance, severed, severing, severs+/severance: severances/severing: severings

USAGE EXAMPLES

Or should it pursue what some call a "clean" and others a "hard" Brexit, severing the link more definitively?

BBC(Dec 30, 2016)

So it was all the more disturbing that, shortly after returning to America, Sherald found herself, like the Tin Man, severed from her truest self.

Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016)

Options include recalling the ambassador, stopping international cooperation, fighting a trade war -- even severing diplomatic ties.

Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016)

1v set or keep apart

sever a relationship

Syn|Hyper

break up
discerp, lop

cut off from a whole

disunite, divide, part, separate

force, take, or pull apart

2v cut off from a whole

His head was severed from his body

Syn|Hyper

discerp, lop
break up

set or keep apart

cut

separate with or as if with an instrument

单词	sever
释义	sever (once / 626 pages) v To sever something is to cut it off from the whole. If your girlfriend breaks up with you on your anniversary, you might respond by severing the blossoms off the roses you were planning to give her. (Just an idea.) Sever rhymes with ever, but it looks like the word severe, which means "harsh." The similarity between sever and severe is a good reminder to reserve sever for harsh, unpleasant circumstances. If you’re trimming your fingernails, you might use the word clip, but sever wouldn’t be appropriate. If, however, you somehow cut off your finger while clipping your fingernails, you’re free to use the word sever — or any other word you like — on your way to the hospital. WORD FAMILY sever: severable, severance, severed, severing, severs+/severance: severances/severing: severings USAGE EXAMPLES Or should it pursue what some call a "clean" and others a "hard" Brexit, severing the link more definitively? BBC(Dec 30, 2016) So it was all the more disturbing that, shortly after returning to America, Sherald found herself, like the Tin Man, severed from her truest self. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) Options include recalling the ambassador, stopping international cooperation, fighting a trade war -- even severing diplomatic ties. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) 1v set or keep apart sever a relationship Syn\|Hyper break up discerp, lop cut off from a whole disunite, divide, part, separate force, take, or pull apart 2v cut off from a whole His head was severed from his body Syn\|Hyper discerp, lop break up set or keep apart cut separate with or as if with an instrument
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