Fragment



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GRE 红宝书

• n. 碎片; 分裂
• ［英］ n. 碎片 ( small part or piece)
• ［类］ shard : pottery / fragment : bone ( 陶器和陶器碎片 / 骨骼和骨骼碎片) 反义词: coalesce ( 联合)
• ［记］ frag ( 打碎) +ment ( 表名词)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Latin fragmentum, from frangere to break — more at break
• Date: 15th century
• a part broken off, detached, or incomplete
• Synonyms: see part

II. *Date: 1818

• intransitive verb
  • to fall to pieces
• transitive verb
  • to break up or apart into fragments

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