segment
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(a) (geometry 幾) part of a circle cut off by a line 弦(一直線切割圓, 在圓周內的部分). =>illus at circle 見 circle 插圖.
(b) part of sth separated or marked off from the other parts; part of sth that can be separated off in the mind 分出的或標出的一部分; 想像中可分出的一部分
She cleaned a small segment of the painting. 她把畫兒上的一小部分擦乾凈了.
Lines divided the area into segments. 這幾條線把這個面分割成了幾個部分.
2 any one of the several sections of which an orange, lemon, etc is made up (橙子、 檸檬等的)瓣
grapefruit segments 葡萄柚瓣.
segment v [I, Tn]
(cause sth to) separate into segments (將某事物)分割成弦、 部分或瓣.