Compartment



GRE Barron 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.隔间, 车室
• ［英］ n.隔间, 车室 ( one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided)
• ［记］ com+part ( 部分) +ment -> 一个空间分成几个部分 -> 隔间

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from compartire to mark out in parts, from Late Latin compartiri to share out, from Latin com- + partiri to share, from part-, pars part, share
• Date: circa 1578
• 1. a separate division or section
• 2. one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided
• ? compartmental adjective

II. transitive verb

• Date: 1918
• compartmentalize

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