partition

• n. 劃分，分開；[數] 分割；隔牆；隔離物
• vt. [數] 分割；分隔；區分

來自part,分開，部分，-ition,名詞後綴。引申詞義隔斷，隔牆。

partition (n.)

early 15c., "division into shares, distinction," from Old French particion (12c.), from Latin partitionem (nominative partitio) "a sharing, division, partition, distribution; method of dividing," from past participle stem of partire "to part" (see part (v.)). Sense of "that which separates" first recorded late 15c.

partition (v.)

1741, from partition (n.). Related: Partitioned; partitioning.

1. He moved carefully over what remained of partition walls.

他小心翼翼地跨過殘餘的隔牆。

來自柯林斯例句

2. the partition of Germany after the war

戰後對德國的分割

來自《權威詞典》

3. There is a plywood partition between the two rooms.

兩個房子中間有一個夾板牆.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. She tapped on the glass partition and the car stopped.

她輕輕敲擊玻璃隔板,汽車便停了下來.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Britain was accused of trying to partition the country "because of historic enmity"

英國被指“出於曆史仇恨”企圖分裂該國。

來自柯林斯例句