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partition

英/pɑːtˈɪʃən/

美/pɑɹˈtɪʃən/

01n.

分割, 隔离物, 隔墙, 财产分割

a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another); (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit; (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism

02v.

区分, 瓜分, 隔开, 分割

divide into parts, pieces, or sections