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- a separate section or part of something, in particular分离部分; 分隔的空间, 尤指：
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- a division of a railway carriage marked by partitions（铁路客车的）隔间, 车厢：
a first-class compartment.
头等车厢。
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- a section of a container in which certain items can be kept separate from others分格; 夹层; 分隔间：
there's some ice cream in the freezer compartment.
冷冻室里有一些冰淇淋。
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- a division of a ship's hull船舱：
the aft cargo compartment.
船尾货舱。
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- figurative an area in which something can be considered in isolation from other things〈喻〉隔绝处, 隔离处：
religion and politics should be kept in different compartments.
宗教和政治应该完全分离。
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- Heraldry a grassy mound or other support depicted below a shield【纹章】盾牌下方所镌的草墩或其他基底。
with obj.(一般作be compartmented)
- divide (something) into separate parts or sections分隔; 划分：
the buildings are to be compartmented by fire walls.
这些建筑物将被防火墙分隔开。
派生词
compartmentation
noun词源
mid 16th cent.: from French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from compartire, from late Latin compartiri 'divide'.