
partitions
词源
源自拉丁语 'partitio'(分割),通过古法语 'partition' 进入英语,指分割的行为或结果。
noun
❶ 将空间或物体分隔开的隔板、墙壁或其他结构,用于创造独立区域或划分不同功能区域。
“The office has glass partitions to separate workstations.”
(办公室用玻璃隔断分隔工作区域。)
“We installed wooden partitions to divide the large room into smaller sections.”
(我们安装了木质隔板,将大房间分隔成小区域。)
❶ 计算机中硬盘被划分的逻辑存储区域,每个分区可安装不同操作系统或存储不同类型数据。
“I created two partitions on my hard drive for Windows and Linux.”
(我在硬盘上创建了两个分区分别安装Windows和Linux系统。)
“The system partition contains all the operating system files.”
(系统分区包含所有操作系统文件。)
verb
❶ 将空间或物体分割成不同部分的行为,可以是物理分隔或逻辑划分。
“The architect partitioned the open space into three functional areas.”
(建筑师将开放空间划分成三个功能区。)
“We need to partition the hard drive before installing the new OS.”
(安装新操作系统前需要先对硬盘分区。)
常见短语
partition wall — 用于分隔室内空间的非承重墙,通常不延伸到天花板,可移动或拆除。
“The cubicles are separated by low partition walls.”
(办公隔间用矮隔断墙分隔。)
disk partition — 计算机硬盘被划分的逻辑存储单元,每个分区可独立格式化和管理。
“Always back up data before resizing disk partitions.”
(调整磁盘分区大小前务必备份数据。)