单词 | excerpt |
释义 | excerpt (once / 1949 pages) nv Instead of sharing all 147 lines of your favorite poem in class, you might want to read an excerpt, that is, just a part of the verses, so no one dozes off. Excerpt sounds a lot like "except" with an added "r," and it came into English in the 16th century from a Latin word meaning "plucked out." When the word is used as a verb, excerpt means to take a portion out, usually from a play, book, article, song, or other written work. And the part that is taken out also is called an excerpt, but it is a noun, that is, a thing. An excerpt is something you excerpt, or pluck out, from a larger piece. WORD FAMILYexcerpt: excerpted, excerpting, excerpts USAGE EXAMPLESFrench satirical and investigative weekly Le Canard Enchaine last week published excerpts of what it said was a letter by U.S. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) The following are edited excerpts from a conversation with Mr. Einaudi. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Below are edited excerpts from a conversation with Dr. Galdikas about Kalimantan, Camp Leakey and the orangutans. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1n a passage selected from a larger work he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper excerption, extract, selection Haphtarah a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah chrestomathy a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language analecta, analectsa collection of excerpts from a literary work clipping, cutting, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cuttingan excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine cut, tracka distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc citation, quotation, quotea passage or expression that is quoted or cited epigrapha quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing mimesisthe representation of another person's words in a speech misquotation, misquotean incorrect quotation passage a section of text; particularly a section of medium length 2v take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy Syn|Hyper extract, take out choose, pick out, select, take pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives |
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