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单词 excerpt
释义
excerpt
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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 FAMILY
excerpt: excerpted, excerpting, excerpts
USAGE EXAMPLES
French 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, analects
a collection of excerpts from a literary work
clipping, cutting, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting
an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
cut, track
a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
citation, quotation, quote
a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
epigraph
a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing
mimesis
the representation of another person's words in a speech
misquotation, misquote
an 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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