dismember

英 [dɪsˈmembə(r)]

美 [dɪsˈmembər]

v.  分割…的躯体; 肢解; 分割; 瓜分

现在分词：dismembering　过去分词：dismembered　过去式：dismembered　第三人称单数：dismembers　

TOEFL

Collins.1 / BNC.19532 / COCA.20543

牛津词典

verb

• 分割…的躯体；肢解
  to cut or tear the dead body of a person or an animal into pieces
• 分割；瓜分
  to divide a country, an organization, etc. into smaller parts

柯林斯词典

• VERB 肢解;分割…的躯体
  Todismemberthe body of a dead person or animal means to cut or pull it into pieces.
  1. He then dismembered her, hiding parts of her body in the cellar...
     他接着将她肢解，将部分尸体藏在了地窖里。
  2. His dismembered body was found in a rubbish bin.
     在垃圾桶里发现了他被肢解的尸体。
• VERB 分割;瓜分
  Todismembera country or organization means to break it up into smaller parts.
  1. ...Hitler's plans to occupy and dismember Czechoslovakia...
     希特勒占领并瓜分捷克斯洛伐克的计划
  2. Many investors must be hoping that he will be dethroned, his publishing empire dismembered.
     众多投资者此时一定希望他能被撵下台，他的出版帝国四分五裂。

英英释义

verb

• separate the limbs from the body
  1. the tiger dismembered the tourist
• divide into pieces
  1. our department was dismembered when our funding dried up
  2. The Empire was discerped after the war
  Synonym:take apartdiscerp

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