a small part broken or separated off something 碎片,碎块,破片 small fragments of pottery, glass, and tiles. 陶器、玻璃和瓦片的小碎片。 ■an isolated or incomplete part of something 片断,片段;不完整的部分 Nathan remembered fragments of that conversation. 内森想起了那次谈话的一些片段。
verb
break or cause to break into fragments 裂成碎片;使裂成碎片 [no obj.]Lough Erne fragmented into a series of lakes. 厄恩湖被分成几个湖泊。
派生 fragmental adjective
(chiefly Geology 主地质).)
语源
late Middle English: from French, or from Latin fragmentum, from frangere 'to break'