split

英 [splɪt] 美 [splɪt]
  • vt. 分离;使分离;劈开;离开;分解
  • vi. 离开;被劈开;断绝关系
  • n. 劈开;裂缝
  • adj. 劈开的

助记提示


split............撕破裂它(撕破裂开了).......裂开;分离的
2. spl-喷、分散、分裂,谐音“死不裂它”

中文词源


split 分裂,分开,分摊

来自 Proto-Germanic*spleit,分开,来自 PIE*splei,分开,来自 PIE*spel,分开,劈开,词源同 spill,split,flint.引申诸相关词义。

英文词源


split
split: [16] Split was borrowed from Middle Dutch splitten. This, like German spleissen ‘splice’ and English splice [16], goes back to a prehistoric base *spleid-, which may have been related to *spel-, the source of English spill.
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split (v.)
1580s (transitive and intransitive), not found in Middle English, probably from a Low German source such as Middle Dutch splitten, from Proto-Germanic *spl(e)it- (cognates: Danish and Frisian splitte, Old Frisian splita, German spleißen "to split"), from PIE *(s)plei- "to split, splice" (see flint).

U.S. slang meaning "leave, depart" first recorded 1954. Of couples, "to separate, to divorce" from 1942. To split the difference is suggested from 1715; to split (one's) ticket in the U.S. political sense is attested from 1842. To split hairs "make too-nice distinctions" is from 1670s (split a hair). Splitting image "exact likeness" is from 1880. To split the atom is from 1909.
split (adj.)
1640s, past participle adjective from split (v.). Split decision is from 1946 of court rulings, 1951 in boxing. Split shift is from 1904. Split personality first attested 1899.
split (n.)
1590s, "narrow cleft, crack, fissure," from split (v.). Meaning "piece of wood formed by splitting" is from 1610s. Meaning "an act of separation, a divorce" is from 1729. From 1861 as the name of the acrobatic feat. Meaning "a drink composed of two liquors" is from 1882; that of "sweet dish of sliced fruit with ice cream" is attested from 1920, American English. Slang meaning "share of the take" is from 1889. Meaning "a draw in a double-header" is from 1920.

双语例句


1. My cuticles were split and ragged, and my nails unevenly bitten.
我指甲根部的表皮龟裂粗糙,指甲被咬得参差不齐。

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2. The Republicans were deeply split between progressives and conservatives.
共和党的革新派和保守派之间存在严重的分裂。

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3. Her company has had to split up and work from two locations.
她的公司不得不被拆开,分在两处办公。

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4. Yet it is feared the Republican leadership could split over the agreement.
但有人担心,共和党的领导层可能会在该协议上出现意见分歧。

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5. He patented the idea that the atom could be split.
他获得了“原子可以再分”这一概念的专利权。

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