a short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing 摘录;节选;选段
verb
[with obj.]take (a short extract) from a text 摘录;节选 the notes are excerpted from his forthcoming biography. 这些简信摘自他即将发表的传记。 ■take an excerpt or excerpts from (a text) 从…中摘录,摘自
派生 excerptible adjective excerption noun 语源
mid 16th cent. (as a verb): from Latin excerpt- 'plucked out', from the verb excerpere, from ex- 'out of' + carpere 'to pluck'