partition
noun /pɑːˈtɪʃn/
/pɑːrˈtɪʃn/
- enlarge image[countable] a wall or screen that separates one part of a room from another
隔断；隔扇；隔板墙 - The cafe was divided up by glass partitions.
这个咖啡馆里用玻璃隔断相隔。 - I could hear him snoring through the thin partition walls.
透过薄薄的隔墙，我能听到他在打鼾。
Topics Houses and homesc2- There were no partitions between the showers.
淋浴喷头之间没有任何东西分隔。 - The family had to smash through a glass partition to escape the fire.
这家人只好打碎玻璃隔板逃离了火场。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- movable
- sliding
- folding
- …
- build
- create
- erect
- …
- divide something
- divide something up
- separate something
- …
- wall
- partition between
- The cafe was divided up by glass partitions.
- [uncountable] the division of one country into two or more countries
分割；分治；瓜分 - the partition of Germany after the war
战后对德国的分割
- the partition of Germany after the war
词源late Middle English: from Latin partitio(n-), from partiri ‘divide into parts’.