[with obj.][usu. as adj. stratified]form or arrange into strata 使成层,使分层;分层排列 socially stratified cities. 分成不同社会阶层的城市。 [no obj.]the residues have begun to stratify. 残余物开始分层。 ■arrange or classify 排列;分类,归类 stratifying patients into well-defined risk groups. 把病人按定义明确的危险程度进行分类。 ■place (seeds) close together in layers in moist sand or peat to preserve them or to help them germinate 沙藏(把种子分层紧密地放在湿沙或泥炭中保存);分层放(种子)于湿沙(或泥炭)中以助其发芽 ■[no obj.](of seeds) be germinated by this method (种子)分层放于湿沙(或泥炭)中以助其发芽
派生 stratification noun 语源
mid 17th cent.: from French stratifier, based on Latin stratum (see stratum)