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单词 segregate
释义 seg·re·gate
I. \ˈsegrə̇]gə̇t, -rē], ]ˌgāt, usu -d.+V\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin segregatus, past participle of segregare to segregate
: segregated
 < the human animals were immovably segregate — G.B.Shaw >
II. noun
(-s)
1. : an individual or class of individuals differing in one or more genetic characters from the parental line usually because of segregation of genes
 < attempts to develop tomato segregates resistant to early blight >
2. : a taxonomic unit separated out from another of the same rank
 < segregates from the old genus Agromyza >
III. \]ˌgāt, usu -ād.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin segregatus, past participle of segregare to set apart, segregate, from se- apart (from sed, se without) + greg-, grex flock, herd — more at idiot, gregarious
transitive verb
1. : to separate or set apart from others or from the general mass or main body : isolate
 < the scheme … to segregate in the foreign-aid bill all capital funds for neutrals — Haldore Hanson >
 < resumed his research in segregating the pure vitamin — Current Biography >
 < suggestions … for tracing and segregating the impact of various causal and accentuating factors — Clark Warburton >
2. : to cause or force the separation of (as races or social classes) from the rest of society or from a larger group
 < municipal ordinances meant to segregate races were declared void — Paul Hartmann & Morton Puner >
 < objections were raised to these schools on the ground that they tended to segregate Jewish children — Shlomo Katz >
3. : to remove nondrying components from (a fatty oil) by winterizing or other methods
intransitive verb
1. : to separate or withdraw (as from others or from a main body)
 < observations were made … as to whether the solids and the liquid had segregated — R.A.Heindl & W.L.Pendergast >
 < a community of a million inevitably segregates somewhat into classes … or castes — A.L.Kroeber >
2. : to practice or enforce a policy of segregation
 < railroads admit that they segregateIssue >
 < unwillingness of prison officials to … segregate on an intelligent basis — C.R.Minor >
3. : to separate during meiosis — used especially of allelic genes
 < the two genes at a given locus segregate from one another at meiosis — H.P.Riley >
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