Sunder



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.分裂, 分离
• ［英］ v.分裂, 分离 ( to separate by violence or by intervening time or space)
• ［类］ 反义词: link ( 连接) ; connect ( 连接) ; combine ( 结合) ; yoke ( 束缚) ; bond ( 结合)
• ［记］ 分割记忆: s看作split ( 分裂) ＋under;
• ［同］ 参考: asunder ( 分开的)

Webster Collegiate

verb (sundered; sundering)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gesundrian, syndrian; akin to Old High German suntarōn to sunder, Old English sundor apart, Latin sine without, Sanskrit sanutar away
• Date: before 12th century
• transitive verb
  • to break apart or in two ; separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
• intransitive verb
  • to become parted, disunited, or severed
• Synonyms: see separate

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