sever
英['sev?]
美['s?v?]
- vt. 割斷，斷絕；分開；使分離
- vi. 斷；裂開；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
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?severs;過去式:?severed;過去分詞:?severed;現在分詞:?severing;
助記提示
1. separate => sever.
2. several => sever.
中文詞源
sever 切開，割斷，斷絕
來自古法語 sevrer,分開，來自拉丁語 separare,分開，詞源同 separate.字母 p,v 音變，比較 seven,September.引申詞義切開，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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. to sever a rope
- 割斷繩子
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. She wanted to sever all her connections with the firm.
- 她想斷絕和那家公司的所有聯系.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. It was an easy shot now and he felt the cartilage sever.
- 這時扎起來很容易,他感到它的軟骨折斷了.
來自英漢文學 - 老人與海
- 5. You really want me to sever ties with all my close relatives?
- 你真要我斷六親?
來自漢英文學 - 圍城