fragment

frag·ment

F0291400 (frăg′mənt)n.1. A small part broken off or detached.2. An incomplete or isolated portion; a bit: overheard fragments of their conversation; extant fragments of an old manuscript.3. Grammar A sentence fragment.v. (-mĕnt′) frag·ment·ed, frag·ment·ing, frag·ments v.tr. To break or separate (something) into fragments.v.intr. To become broken into fragments: After the election, the coalition fragmented.

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[Middle English, from Latin fragmentum, from frangere, frag-, to break; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]

fragment

n 1. a piece broken off or detached: fragments of rock. 2. an incomplete piece; portion: fragments of a novel. 3. a scrap; morsel; bit vb to break or cause to break into fragments [C15: from Latin fragmentum, from frangere to break]

frag•ment

(n. ˈfræg mənt; v. ˈfræg mənt, -mɛnt, frægˈmɛnt)

n. 1. a part broken off or detached. 2. an isolated part. 3. an odd piece; scrap. v.i. 4. to collapse or break into fragments. v.t. 5. to break (something) into pieces or fragments. 6. to divide into fragments; disunify. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin fragmentum a broken piece, remnant, derivative of fra(n)g(ere) to break]

fragment

Past participle: fragmented
Gerund: fragmenting

Imperative
fragment
fragment

Present
I fragment
you fragment
he/she/it fragments
we fragment
you fragment
they fragment

Preterite
I fragmented
you fragmented
he/she/it fragmented
we fragmented
you fragmented
they fragmented

Present Continuous
I am fragmenting
you are fragmenting
he/she/it is fragmenting
we are fragmenting
you are fragmenting
they are fragmenting

Present Perfect
I have fragmented
you have fragmented
he/she/it has fragmented
we have fragmented
you have fragmented
they have fragmented

Past Continuous
I was fragmenting
you were fragmenting
he/she/it was fragmenting
we were fragmenting
you were fragmenting
they were fragmenting

Past Perfect
I had fragmented
you had fragmented
he/she/it had fragmented
we had fragmented
you had fragmented
they had fragmented

Future
I will fragment
you will fragment
he/she/it will fragment
we will fragment
you will fragment
they will fragment

Future Perfect
I will have fragmented
you will have fragmented
he/she/it will have fragmented
we will have fragmented
you will have fragmented
they will have fragmented

Future Continuous
I will be fragmenting
you will be fragmenting
he/she/it will be fragmenting
we will be fragmenting
you will be fragmenting
they will be fragmenting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been fragmenting
you have been fragmenting
he/she/it has been fragmenting
we have been fragmenting
you have been fragmenting
they have been fragmenting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been fragmenting
you will have been fragmenting
he/she/it will have been fragmenting
we will have been fragmenting
you will have been fragmenting
they will have been fragmenting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been fragmenting
you had been fragmenting
he/she/it had been fragmenting
we had been fragmenting
you had been fragmenting
they had been fragmenting

Conditional
I would fragment
you would fragment
he/she/it would fragment
we would fragment
you would fragment
they would fragment

Past Conditional
I would have fragmented
you would have fragmented
he/she/it would have fragmented
we would have fragmented
you would have fragmented
they would have fragmented

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fragment - a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock"chip, fleck, scrap, bit, flake - a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"brickbat - a fragment of brick used as a weaponcinder, clinker - a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fireclast - (geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rockember, coal - a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smolderingfiling - a fragment rubbed off by the use of a fileparing, shaving, sliver - a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from somethingpart, piece - a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"restriction fragment - the fragment of DNA that is produced by cleaving DNA with a restriction enzymescraping - (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected; "they collected blood scrapings for analysis"spall, spawl - a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge; "a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls"spark - a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction
	2.	fragment - a broken piece of a brittle artifactshard, sherdpiece - a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence"potsherd - a shard of pottery
	3.	fragment - an incomplete piece; "fragments of a play"piece - an artistic or literary composition; "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"snatch, bit - a small fragment; "overheard snatches of their conversation"
Verb	1.	fragment - break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"fragmentise, fragmentize, break upatomise, atomize - break up into small particles; "the fine powder had been atomized by air"comminute, bray, mash, crunch, grind - reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"pound - break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"come apart, break, split up, fall apart, separate - become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"sunder - break apart or in two, using violencesliver, splinter - break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"rag - break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore"crumb - break into crumbsbrecciate - break into breccia; "brecciate rock"crush - break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"grind, grate - make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"

fragment

noun1. piece, part, bit, scrap, particle, portion, fraction, shiver, shred, remnant, speck, sliver, wisp, morsel, oddment, chip She read everything, digesting every fragment of news.verb1. break, split, shatter, crumble, shiver, disintegrate, splinter, come apart, break into pieces, come to pieces It's an exploded fracture - the bones have fragmented.
break link, marry, bond, combine, compound, merge, unify, fuse, synthesize, join together2. break up, divide, split up, disunite Their country's politics has fragmented into disarray.

fragment

noun1. Residual matter:butt, end, ort (often used in plural), scrap, shard, stub.2. A tiny amount:bit, crumb, dab, dash, dot, dram, drop, grain, iota, jot, minim, mite, modicum, molecule, ort, ounce, particle, scrap, scruple, shred, smidgen, speck, tittle, trifle, whit.Chiefly British: spot.verbTo reduce or become reduced to pieces or components:break down, break up, crumble, decompose, disintegrate, dissolve, fragmentize.

Translations

使成碎片未完成部分碎片

fragment

(ˈfrӕgmənt) noun1. a piece broken off. The floor was covered with fragments of glass. 碎片 碎片2. something which is not complete. a fragment of poetry. 未完成部分 未完成部分 (fragˈment, (American) ˈfragmənt) verb to break into pieces. The glass is very strong but will fragment if dropped on the floor. (使)成碎片 （使）成碎片 ˈfragmentary adjective made of pieces; incomplete. a fragmentary account of what happened. 殘缺不全的 残缺不全的