partition

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT A partition is a wall, screen, or divider that separates one part of a room, vehicle, or other space from another. 隔斷
...new offices divided only by glass partitions. …僅僅用玻璃隔板隔開的新辦公室。
2. V-T If you partition a room, you separate one part of it from another by means of a partition. (用隔斷) 隔開
Bedrooms have again been created by partitioning a single larger room. 通過用隔斷分隔一間大房，幾間臥室又被創(chuàng)造出來。
3. V-T If a country is partitioned, it is divided into two or more independent countries. 分割
Korea was partitioned in 1945. 朝鮮是1945年被分割的。
...Churchill's plans to partition the German state. …丘吉爾分割德國的計(jì)劃。
4. N-UNCOUNT Partition is also a noun. 分裂
...fighting which followed the partition of India. …印度分裂后的爭斗。