fragment
noun countable /ˈfræg.mənt/
■a small piece or a part, especially when broken from something whole 小片，小块；（尤指）碎片，碎块•The road was covered with fragments of glass from the shattered window.马路上到处是车窗的碎玻璃片。 •Literary scholars are piecing together her last unpublished novel from fragments of a recently discovered manuscript.文学研究者们正在把最近发现的她最后一部未发表小说的手稿残片一点点拼凑起来。
verb intransitive or transitive /frægˈment/
■to break something into small parts or to be broken up in this way （使）支离破碎；打碎；（使）分裂•The satellite will fragment and burn up as it falls through the Earth's atmosphere.卫星坠经地球大气层时会碎裂起火，化为灰烬。 •The government is planning to fragment the industry before privatizing it.政府正计划将该产业拆分后再进行私有化。 |