sever

英 ['sev?] 美['s?v?]
  • vt. 割斷,斷絕;分開(kāi);使分離
  • vi. 斷;裂開(kāi);分離
  • n. (Sever)人名;(俄)謝韋爾;(捷、塞、意、西、土、瑞典、羅)塞韋爾;(英)塞弗;(德)澤弗

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詞態(tài)變化


第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?severs;過(guò)去式:?severed;過(guò)去分詞:?severed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?severing;

助記提示


1. separate => sever.
2. several => sever.

中文詞源


sever 切開(kāi),割斷,斷絕

來(lái)自古法語(yǔ) sevrer,分開(kāi),來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) separare,分開(kāi),詞源同 separate.字母 p,v 音變,比較 seven,September.引申詞義切開(kāi),割斷,斷絕等。

英文詞源


sever (v.)
c. 1300, from Anglo-French severer, Old French sevrer "to separate" (12c., later in French restricted to "to wean," i.e. "to separare from the mother"), from Vulgar Latin *seperare, from Latin separare "to separate" (see separate (v.)).

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. He was able to sever all emotional bonds to his family.
他切斷了和家人的所有感情紐帶。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. to sever a rope
割斷繩子

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. She wanted to sever all her connections with the firm.
她想斷絕和那家公司的所有聯(lián)系.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. It was an easy shot now and he felt the cartilage sever.
這時(shí)扎起來(lái)很容易,他感到它的軟骨折斷了.

來(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 老人與海

5. You really want me to sever ties with all my close relatives?
你真要我斷六親?

來(lái)自漢英文學(xué) - 圍城