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compartment

noun
🔊/kəmˈpɑːtmənt/
🔊/kəmˈpɑːrtmənt/
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  1. one of the separate sections that something such as a piece of furniture or equipment has for keeping things in（家具或设备等的）分隔间，隔层
    • The desk has a secret compartment.这书桌有一个秘密暗格。🔊🔊
    • There is a handy storage compartment beneath the oven.在烤箱的下面有一个便利的橱柜。🔊🔊
    see also glove compartment
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • separate
    • hidden
    • secret
    • …
    verb + compartment
    • be divided into
    preposition
    • in a/​the compartment
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  2. one of the separate sections that a coach on a train is divided into（铁路客车车厢分隔成的）隔间
    • He found an empty first-class compartment.他在头等车厢找到了一个空着的隔间。
    • I opened the door of the compartment.我打开了车厢的门。
    Topics Transport by bus and trainc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • first-class
    • second-class
    • non-smoking
    • …
    preposition
    • in a/​the compartment
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    3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from compartire, from late Latin compartiri ‘divide’.