seg·ment

noun

OPAL W

/ˈseɡmənt/

a part of something that is separate from the other parts or can be considered separately部分；份；片；段
- She cleaned a small segment of the painting.她擦干净了这幅画的一小部分。
- Lines divided the area into segments.这一地区用线条分成了若干部分。
- The changes will affect only a small segment of the population.这些变化只会影响一小部分人口。
- They divided the bone into equal segments.他们将骨头分成相等的部分。
Topics Maths and measurementc1
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one of the sections of an orange, a lemon, etc.（柑橘、柠檬等的）瓣Topics Foodc2
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(geometry) a part of a circle separated from the rest by a single line弓形；圆缺
(phonetics) the smallest speech sound that a word can be divided into音段

Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a term in geometry): from Latin segmentum, from secare ‘to cut’. The verb dates from the mid 19th cent.

verb

/seɡˈment/

[often passive] (specialist)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they segment	/seɡˈment/ /seɡˈment/
he / she / it segments	/seɡˈments/ /seɡˈments/
past simple segmented	/seɡˈmentɪd/ /seɡˈmentɪd/
past participle segmented	/seɡˈmentɪd/ /seɡˈmentɪd/
-ing form segmenting	/seɡˈmentɪŋ/ /seɡˈmentɪŋ/

segment something to divide something into different parts分割；划分
- Market researchers often segment the population on the basis of age and social class.市场研究人员常常按年龄和社会阶层划分人口。
- The worm has a segmented body (= with different sections joined together).这条虫子的身体是分节的。
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a term in geometry): from Latin segmentum, from secare ‘to cut’. The verb dates from the mid 19th cent.