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

When you cut something in half or in two pieces, you bisect it. You can bisect a cupcake so that you and a friend get equal pieces.

In Latin, bi means "two" and secare means "to cut." That's why the verb bisect means "divide into two equal pieces." You might bisect your garden, planting half with vegetables and half with flowers, or tape a line on your bedroom floor to bisect the space into two sides — yours and your horrible sister's. In geometry, the word bisect means the same thing, to split something into equal halves.

WORD FAMILY

bisect: bisected, bisecting, bisection, bisects+/bisection: bisections

USAGE EXAMPLES

Referring to a boulevard that bisects West Hollywood, Mills told me, “I only cross La Cienega if I need money or actors.”

The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017)

UK researchers explored an area of the Southwest Indian Ridge, which bisects the ocean between Africa and Antarctica, in 2011.

BBC(Dec 14, 2016)

Shopping excursions to the store are typically bisected by a break in the elegant restaurant.

New York Times(Dec 06, 2016)

v cut in half or cut in two

bisect a line

Hyper

cut

separate with or as if with an instrument

单词	bisect
释义	bisect (once / 10535 pages) v When you cut something in half or in two pieces, you bisect it. You can bisect a cupcake so that you and a friend get equal pieces. In Latin, bi means "two" and secare means "to cut." That's why the verb bisect means "divide into two equal pieces." You might bisect your garden, planting half with vegetables and half with flowers, or tape a line on your bedroom floor to bisect the space into two sides — yours and your horrible sister's. In geometry, the word bisect means the same thing, to split something into equal halves. WORD FAMILY bisect: bisected, bisecting, bisection, bisects+/bisection: bisections USAGE EXAMPLES Referring to a boulevard that bisects West Hollywood, Mills told me, “I only cross La Cienega if I need money or actors.” The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) UK researchers explored an area of the Southwest Indian Ridge, which bisects the ocean between Africa and Antarctica, in 2011. BBC(Dec 14, 2016) Shopping excursions to the store are typically bisected by a break in the elegant restaurant. New York Times(Dec 06, 2016) v cut in half or cut in two bisect a line Hyper cut separate with or as if with an instrument
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