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单词 divider
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Definition of divider in English:

divider

noun dɪˈvʌɪdədəˈvaɪdər
  • 1A person or thing that divides a whole into parts.

    分隔者;分隔物

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Roads will be properly illuminated to avoid accidents, especially for the two-wheeler riders who bump into road dividers, he said.
    • During the presidential campaign, he vowed, ‘I'm a uniter, not a divider.’
    • Time and time again I would see one of the protests I attended on the news, them making us look like the dividers.
    • We need an environment for independent media as the unifiers, not dividers, of society.
    • As a postscript, I just find it interesting that the big theme seems to be that he is a divider.
    • Better yet, removing the dividers instantly transforms the Mini into a portable beer cooler, though that's not in the manufacturer's instruction booklet.
    • They function as partitions, screens, dividers or the means by which an entire garden is unified.
    • They feed on it because they would love to divide it and there are people like that I've always called the dividers.
    • The apparatus consisted of a cooler fitted with a screened divider separating ice and water.
    • First, there's the reality of people sleeping on road dividers.
    • The lawn part no longer has any lawn, but it's now framed with wavy brick-type dividers which, I'm told, will also help with the erosion problem.
    • Sculpted from wooden strips separated by thin aluminum dividers, each panel consists of an array of wells of equal width but different depths.
    • This is a simple division, of course, but the natural dividers need to be either parks or rivers and regions to share the same characteristics.
    • Both sections one and three consist of separate poems, while the middle section seems to be one piece separated by dividers signalling individual chapters.
    • The highway had concrete dividers, for crying out loud!
    • We will have to rearrange the traffic islands, signal lights and road dividers to implement the rule.
    1. 1.1 A screen or piece of furniture that divides a room into two parts.
      分隔者;分隔物
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I'm moving offices in four days, to a hellish corner with no windows and very, very high desk dividers.
      • As Olson walks through the office, the fast-multiplying staff peek over their office dividers.
      • Subsequently they will ask the corporation to put up at least three-inch dividers.
      • Elsewhere in the house, freestanding cabinets also act as room dividers.
      • The long bench tables have movable bamboo fan dividers to separate the different groups of diners to also afford an air of privacy.
      • There is about 1 foot of space between the table and the short divider wall that separates us from the bar.
      • Properly placed in a larger room, it can become a room divider screen or simply a focal point.
      • White turned his head so he could see the experimenters through the glass divider which separated the chamber from the recording instruments.
      • A focal point is the Craftsman-inspired room divider that functions as a bookcase on one side and bench on the other.
      • The kitchen island is also a divider, separating the cooking area from the dining space without blocking sight lines.
      • Eric stood next to the room divider that separated the item shop and the bar.
      • The living room and kitchen were on the opposite ends of one large open room, with no dividers or doors separating the two spaces.
      • Or use your room divider to add a separation to a large living room and dining room combo.
      • This mosquito barrier also serves as a flexible room divider between the kitchen and the other living areas.
      • Fine aluminum mesh screens form luminous gray dividers between a gallery space and offices.
      • Freestanding room screens or dividers that have slots or elastic lacing for photos.
      • He created stable dividers, frontages and door grilles for the livery, all designed specially in line with the customer's specific requirements.
      • All the dividers, parcel shelf and the false floor can be completely removed if the whole space is required.
      • Mahogany dividers split up cubicles, and blue and green tinted glass lit the early public conveniences’ more murky corners.
      • The bamboo dividers in the dining room provide a feeling of intimacy.
      Synonyms
      screen, room divider, dividing wall, barrier, wall, fence, panel, separator
    2. 1.2 An issue on which opinions are divided.
      引起分歧的问题
      on the Labour side, the big divider was still nuclear weapons

      对工党来说,引起巨大分歧的仍然是核武器问题。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I see a difference and I think it has basically to do with the abortion issue and the perception of the abortion issue as a divider.
      • The cultural and political dividers between Europe and the US are second-order issues.
      • Indeed, TBTN and similar forms of activism are becoming construed more as community dividers than builders.
      • It seems this last one is a real opinion divider.
  • 2dividersA measuring compass, especially one with a screw for making fine adjustments.

    (尤指带有微调螺杆的)分线规,双脚规

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The little kids did not like what we said and had their compasses and dividers out, ready to give us a poke so we scooted out.
    • ‘Like a person using a pair of giant dividers,’ observed Ken.
    • In a corner of the lunette depicting Solomon Sitting in Judgment is a figure of a seated man holding a pair of dividers and examining a drawing.
    • A pair of dividers, which is a weaker tool than a compass, enables one to transfer distances.
    • It certainly doesn't hurt that both Dürer's central figure and one of Homer's men each hold dividers.

Rhymes

chider, cider, eider, glider, Guider, Haida, hider, Ida, insider, Oneida, outsider, provider, rider, Ryder, Saida, slider, spider, strider, stridor

Definition of divider in US English:

divider

noundəˈvaɪdərdəˈvīdər
  • 1A person or thing that divides a whole into parts.

    分隔者;分隔物

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The highway had concrete dividers, for crying out loud!
    • First, there's the reality of people sleeping on road dividers.
    • Roads will be properly illuminated to avoid accidents, especially for the two-wheeler riders who bump into road dividers, he said.
    • Better yet, removing the dividers instantly transforms the Mini into a portable beer cooler, though that's not in the manufacturer's instruction booklet.
    • During the presidential campaign, he vowed, ‘I'm a uniter, not a divider.’
    • As a postscript, I just find it interesting that the big theme seems to be that he is a divider.
    • Sculpted from wooden strips separated by thin aluminum dividers, each panel consists of an array of wells of equal width but different depths.
    • The apparatus consisted of a cooler fitted with a screened divider separating ice and water.
    • The lawn part no longer has any lawn, but it's now framed with wavy brick-type dividers which, I'm told, will also help with the erosion problem.
    • Both sections one and three consist of separate poems, while the middle section seems to be one piece separated by dividers signalling individual chapters.
    • We will have to rearrange the traffic islands, signal lights and road dividers to implement the rule.
    • They feed on it because they would love to divide it and there are people like that I've always called the dividers.
    • They function as partitions, screens, dividers or the means by which an entire garden is unified.
    • This is a simple division, of course, but the natural dividers need to be either parks or rivers and regions to share the same characteristics.
    • Time and time again I would see one of the protests I attended on the news, them making us look like the dividers.
    • We need an environment for independent media as the unifiers, not dividers, of society.
    1. 1.1 A screen or piece of furniture that divides a room into two parts.
      分隔者;分隔物
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Subsequently they will ask the corporation to put up at least three-inch dividers.
      • A focal point is the Craftsman-inspired room divider that functions as a bookcase on one side and bench on the other.
      • He created stable dividers, frontages and door grilles for the livery, all designed specially in line with the customer's specific requirements.
      • Properly placed in a larger room, it can become a room divider screen or simply a focal point.
      • Fine aluminum mesh screens form luminous gray dividers between a gallery space and offices.
      • All the dividers, parcel shelf and the false floor can be completely removed if the whole space is required.
      • The bamboo dividers in the dining room provide a feeling of intimacy.
      • The long bench tables have movable bamboo fan dividers to separate the different groups of diners to also afford an air of privacy.
      • Or use your room divider to add a separation to a large living room and dining room combo.
      • The kitchen island is also a divider, separating the cooking area from the dining space without blocking sight lines.
      • As Olson walks through the office, the fast-multiplying staff peek over their office dividers.
      • This mosquito barrier also serves as a flexible room divider between the kitchen and the other living areas.
      • Freestanding room screens or dividers that have slots or elastic lacing for photos.
      • Eric stood next to the room divider that separated the item shop and the bar.
      • There is about 1 foot of space between the table and the short divider wall that separates us from the bar.
      • I'm moving offices in four days, to a hellish corner with no windows and very, very high desk dividers.
      • Elsewhere in the house, freestanding cabinets also act as room dividers.
      • White turned his head so he could see the experimenters through the glass divider which separated the chamber from the recording instruments.
      • The living room and kitchen were on the opposite ends of one large open room, with no dividers or doors separating the two spaces.
      • Mahogany dividers split up cubicles, and blue and green tinted glass lit the early public conveniences’ more murky corners.
      Synonyms
      screen, room divider, dividing wall, barrier, wall, fence, panel, separator
    2. 1.2 An issue on which opinions are divided.
      引起分歧的问题
      the big divider was still nuclear weapons

      对工党来说,引起巨大分歧的仍然是核武器问题。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Indeed, TBTN and similar forms of activism are becoming construed more as community dividers than builders.
      • It seems this last one is a real opinion divider.
      • I see a difference and I think it has basically to do with the abortion issue and the perception of the abortion issue as a divider.
      • The cultural and political dividers between Europe and the US are second-order issues.
  • 2dividersA measuring compass, especially one with a screw for making fine adjustments.

    (尤指带有微调螺杆的)分线规,双脚规

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In a corner of the lunette depicting Solomon Sitting in Judgment is a figure of a seated man holding a pair of dividers and examining a drawing.
    • ‘Like a person using a pair of giant dividers,’ observed Ken.
    • The little kids did not like what we said and had their compasses and dividers out, ready to give us a poke so we scooted out.
    • It certainly doesn't hurt that both Dürer's central figure and one of Homer's men each hold dividers.
    • A pair of dividers, which is a weaker tool than a compass, enables one to transfer distances.
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