dissect
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dissect | |
| he / she / it dissects | |
| past simple dissected | |
| past participle dissected | |
| -ing form dissecting |
- dissect something
to cut up a dead person, animal or plant in order to study it 解剖（人或动植物） The biology students had to dissect a rat. 生物学学生必须解剖一只老鼠。 dissecting instruments 解剖仪器
- dissect something
to study something closely and/or discuss it in great detail 仔细研究；详细评论；剖析 - dissect something
to divide something into smaller pieces, areas, etc. 把…分成小块
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin dissect- ‘cut up’, from the verb dissecare, from dis- ‘apart’ + secare ‘to cut’.