chapter
英 ['tʃæptə]
美['tʃæptɚ]
- n. 章，回；（俱乐部、协会等的）分会；人生或历史上的重要时期
- vt. 把…分成章节
英英释意
- 1. a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled;
- "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep"
- 2. 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"
- 3. a local branch of some fraternity or association;
- "he joined the Atlanta chapter"
- 4. an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church
- 5. a series of related events forming an episode;
- "a chapter of disasters"