n (1) 碎(破)片，碎塊(piece broken off sth) [C]：collect/examine/discover/find～s of ancient pottery收集/研究/發(fā)現(xiàn)/找到古代陶器的碎片;put the～of a broken vase together 把花瓶的碎片對(duì)起來(lái);break into tiny～s 碎成小塊;〖同〗 piece，section，fraction，portion，bit，trace;
(2) 片斷(sth incomplete or unfinished) [C]：hear (overhear) a～of the poetry/the conversation聽(tīng)到/偶然聽(tīng)到詩(shī)文/對(duì)話的只言片語(yǔ);contain the～of a play包括一個(gè)劇未完成的部分;～s of a poem一首詩(shī)的片斷;～s of news/what happened新聞/所發(fā)生的事情的片斷;a sentence～一個(gè)句子片斷;
v (使)破碎((come to) break into pieces)[I，T+n]：The special glass will～if hit by something sharp. 如果用銳器擊打，這種特殊玻璃就會(huì)破碎。Ownership of the large estates will～. 大片地皮的產(chǎn)權(quán)將分成若干份?！玹he opposition分裂反對(duì)黨;～farms into small holdings把農(nóng)場(chǎng)分成若干小的份額;receive a rather～ed account of the incident得到對(duì)這次事件的零零散散的陳述;〖同〗separate;〖反〗unite，combine;
→′fragmentary adj不完整的;片斷的;?fragmen′tation n 破碎;片斷