| 单词 | section |
| 释义 | section n. & v. --n 1. a part cut off or separated from something. 2. each of the parts into which a thing is divided (actually or conceptually) or divisible or out of which a structure can be fitted together. 3. a distinct group or subdivision of a larger body of people (the wind section of an orchestra). 4. a subdivision of a book, document, statute, etc. 5. US a an area of land. b one square mile of land. c a particular district of a town (residential section). 6. a subdivision of an army platoon. 7. esp. Surgery a separation by cutting. 8. Biol. a thin slice of tissue etc., cut off for microscopic examination. 9. a the cutting of a solid by or along a plane. b the resulting figure or the area of this. 10. a representation of the internal structure of something as if cut across along a vertical or horizontal plane. 11. Biol. a group, esp. a subgenus. --vtr. 1. arrange in or divide into sections. 2. Brit. cause (a person) to be compulsorily committed to a psychiatric hospital in accordance with a section of a mental health act. 3. Biol. cut into thin slices for microscopic examination. Phrases and idioms section-mark the sign ( Usage ) used as a reference mark to indicate the start of a section of a book etc. Etymology: F section or L sectio f. secare sect- cut |
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