section: [16] Section is one of a wide range of English words that go back to Latin secāre ‘cut’. Others include bisect [17], dissect [17], insect, intersect [17], secateurs [19], sector [16], and segment [16]. It goes back ultimately to the Indo- European base *sek- ‘cut’, which also produced English saw, scythe, sedge, and sickle. The immediate source of section itself was the Latin derivative sectiō ‘cutting’. => bisect, dissect, insect, saw, scythe, secateurs, sedge, segment, sickle
section (n.)
late 14c., "intersection of two straight lines; division of a scale;" from Old French section or directly from Latin sectionem (nominative sectio) "a cutting, cutting off, division," noun of action from past participle stem of secare "to cut," from PIE root *sek- "to cut" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic seko, se?ti "to cut," se ?ivo "ax, hatchet;" Lithuanian isekti "to engrave, carve;" Albanian ?ate "mattock;" Old Saxon segasna, Old English sigee "scythe;" Old English secg "sword," seax "knife, short sword;" Old Irish doescim "I cut;" Latin saxum "rock, stone").
From 1550s as "act of cutting or dividing." Meaning "subdivision of a written work, statute, etc." is from 1570s. Meaning "a part cut off from the rest" is from early 15c.
section (v.)
"divide into sections," 1819, from section (n.). Related: Sectioned; sectioning.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. A gust of wind pried loose a section of sheet-metal roofing.
一陣狂風(fēng)把鋪在屋頂上的一塊金屬片掀起來(lái)了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. For some buildings a vertical section is more informative than a plan.
有些建筑的立面圖能比平面圖提供更多的信息。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. I'll just flick through the pages until I find the right section.
我會(huì)快速地翻頁(yè)，直到找到要找的那一部分。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
4. An entire poor section of town was bombed into oblivion.
城市的一整片貧民區(qū)被炸為了平地。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
5. The cross-country section of the three-day event was held here yesterday.