segregate: [16] The etymological idea underlying segregate is of ‘removal from a flock’. The word comes from Latin sēgregāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix sē- ‘apart’ and grex ‘flock’ (source also of English aggregate, congregation, egregious [16], and gregarious [17]). => aggregate, congregation, egregious, gregarious
segregate (v.)
1540s, from Latin segregatus, past participle of segregare "set apart, lay aside; isolate; divide," literally "separate from the flock," from *se gregare, from se "apart from" (see secret (n.)) + grege, ablative of grex "herd, flock" (see gregarious). Originally often with reference to the religious notion of separating the flock of the godly from sinners. In modern social context, "to force or enforce racial separation and exclusion," 1908. Related: Segregated; segregating.
中文解释
1. se- "apart from" + greg- + -ate.2. => separate from the flock.
实用例句
1. They segregate you from the rest of the community.
他们把你与社团的其他成员隔离开。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The prognosis for producing a late generation segregate variety is favorable.
预测从往后几代可能分离出好的品种来.
来自辞典例句
3. Mixture of black powder and magnesium have a tendency to segregate.
黑药和镁的混合物具有离析的倾向.
来自辞典例句
4. And why should I restrict myself, segregate myself?
况且我何必限制自己, 孤立自己 呢 ?
来自辞典例句
5. Impurities tend to segregate at grain boundaries.
