1560s, from Latin segmentum "a strip or piece cut off, a cutting, strips of colored cloth," from secare "to cut" (see section (n.)), with euphonious alteration of -c- to -g- before -m-. Latin segmentum was used in Medieval Latin as a geometry term, translating Greek tmema, and the word was first picked up in English in this sense. Meaning "segmental portion of anything circular" is from 1640s; general sense of "a division, section" is from 1762.
segment (v.)
1859, intransitive, in reference to cell division, from segment (n.). Transitive sense, "divide (something) into segments" is from 1872. Related: Segmented; segmenting.
雙語例句
1. Three-to-five day cruises are the fastest-growing segment of the market.
3至5天的乘船游覽是該市場中發展最快的部分。
來自柯林斯例句
2. She cleaned a small segment of the painting.
她擦干凈了這幅畫的一小部分。
來自《權威詞典》
3. Give me a segment of a tangerine to taste.
給我一瓣柑橘嘗一嘗.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
4. The company dominates this segment of the market.
這家公司控制著這一部分市場.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Women's tennis is the market leader in a growing market segment — women's sports.