Chapter

['tʃæptə] or ['tʃæptɚ]

解释:

(noun.) a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled; 'he read a chapter every night before falling asleep'.

(noun.) a series of related events forming an episode; 'a chapter of disasters'.

(noun.) a local branch of some fraternity or association; 'he joined the Atlanta chapter'.

(noun.) an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church.

(noun.) any distinct period in history or in a person's life; 'the industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British history'; 'the divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship'.

阿方斯校对--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.

(n.) An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.

(n.) A community of canons or canonesses.

(n.) A bishop's council.

(n.) A business meeting of any religious community.

(n.) An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.

(n.) A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.

(n.) A chapter house.

(n.) A decretal epistle.

(n.) A location or compartment.

(v. t.) To divide into chapters, as a book.

(v. t.) To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse.

乔迪校对

解释:

n. a main division of a book or of anything: a subject or category generally: an assembly of the canons of a cathedral or collegiate church or the members of a religious or military order: an organised branch of some society or fraternity.—v.t. to put into chapters: to take to task.—n. Chap′ter-house.—Chapter-and-verse the exact reference to the passage of the authority for one's statements.—The chapter of accidents the catalogue of unforeseen events.—To the end of the chapter throughout the whole subject.

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