单词 | compartment |
释义 | compartment /keuhm pahrt"meuhnt/, n. 1. a part or space marked or partitioned off. 2. a separate room, section, etc.: a baggage compartment. 3. U.S. Railroads. a private bedroom with toilet facilities. 4. a separate aspect, function, or the like: the compartments of the human mind. 5. Archit. a distinct major division of a design. 6. Heraldry. a decorative base, as a grassy mound, on which the supporters of an escutcheon stand or rest. v.t. 7. to divide into compartments. [1555-65; < MF compartiment < It compartimento. See COMPART, -MENT] Syn. 1. division, section. 1, 2. See apartment. |
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