"articles of (women's) clothing that may be worn in various combinations," 1945, from separate (adj.). As a noun, separate is attested from 1610s in the sense "separatist."
雙語例句
1. What separates terrorism from other acts of violence?
恐怖主義和其他暴力行為的區別是什么？
來自柯林斯例句
2. A chasm separates my generation from my parents '.
分歧使我這一代人不同于我父母那一代.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The Bering StraIt'separates Asia and America.
白令海峽隔開了亞洲和美洲.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The Atlantic Ocean separates America from Europe.
大西洋把美洲和歐洲分隔開來.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
5. The single most important factor that separates ordinary photographs from good photographs is the lighting.