词汇 | split |
释义 | split Theme: DEPART in. to leave.Look at the clock. Time to split.Let's split. We're late. split 1. noun 1 the vagina US, 1967. 2 a share of mutual property or profits UK, 1889. 3 a tranquillizer or other central nervous system depressant US, 1969. 4 a decongestant tablet sold as MDMA, the recreational drug best known as ecstasy UK, 1996 2. verb 1 to leave. Each night, during the 1960s, Philadelphia rock 'n' roll disc jockey Hy Lit ended his broadcast with the mantra, 'Nuff said Ted, solid ahead, time to split the scene and leave it clean' US, 1956. 2 from a male perspective, to have sex. Probably more to do with bragging than as a considered threat of violence UK, 1937.► split a gutto exert yourself to the extreme, especially laughing US, 1958.► split on someoneto inform on or betray someone UK, 1795.► split the breezeto drive fast US, 1976.► split the differencefrom a male perspective, to have sex. A punning elaboration of SPLIT UK, 1974.► split the sceneto leave US, 1990.► split the sheetsto divorce US, 1976.► split the whiskers(of a woman) to urinate AUSTRALIA, 1992.► split your sidesto laugh heartily UK, 1704 split off 1. split off • split off sth • split sth off if part of something splits off, or you split it off, it becomes separated from the rest: A strange group of white rocks had split off from the cliff. The nationalists want to split Quebec off from the rest of Canada. Work is split off from people's family lives, and it has been so since the start of the Industrial Revolution.■ SIMILAR TO: separate2. split off if people split off from a party or organization, they stop being members of it and form a new party or organization: Some IRA members were unhappy with the agreement, and split off to form the so-called 'Real IRA'.+ from The Social Democrats split off from the Labour Party because of ideological differences.■ SIMILAR TO: break away3. split off to leave the group of people, vehicles etc that you are with and move away from them: Several of the men split off, leading their dogs up a steep track into the heart of the forest.+ from One plane split off from the others and flew down low over the village. split on split on sb BrE informal to tell someone in authority, for example a teacher, that someone has done something wrong: Don't worry. Robert's reliable, he won't split on us.■ SIMILAR TO: tell on, tattle on AmE informal split up 1. split up sth • split sth up • split up to divide something into different parts or groups, or to separate into different parts or groups: "None of us believed that it was right to split up the company," says Bill Toner. They all split up and went their own separate ways. This process causes the carbon and oxygen molecules to split up.+ into Many of the larger houses are being split up into flats. Our teacher split us up into three groups.split up sth between/among sb (=divide something so that each member of a group has part of it) The former Soviet armed forces were split up between the new states.■ SIMILAR TO: divide up, divvy up AmE informal2. split up if two people split up, they end their romantic relationship or marriage: I think it will be a real shame if Mick and Jerry do split up. When her parents split up, she went off to live with her mother.+ with Comedian Freddie Starr is splitting up with his wife after 18 years of marriage.■ SIMILAR TO: break up3. split up if a band or group splits up, they stop performing or working together, usually because of an argument: Why do you think the Beatles split up? Was it because of a personality clash between John and Paul? Rumours have been flying around Manchester that the band are about to split up.■ SIMILAR TO: break up split in. to leave. Look at the clock. Time to split.
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