[with obj.]divide by cutting or slicing, especially suddenly and forcibly (尤指突然或用力)切断,切割 the head was severed from the body. 头从身体上被砍下。 [as adj. severed]severed limbs. 被砍断的四肢。 ■put an end to (a connection or relationship); break off 中断(联系,关系),断绝 notice is sufficient to sever the joint tenancy. 中断共同租赁关系,通知一下就可。
派生 severable adjective 语源
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French severer, from Latin separare 'disjoin, divide'