1560s, from Latin segmentum "a strip or piece cut off, a cutting, strips of colored cloth," from secare "to cut" (see section (n.)), with euphonious alteration of -c- to -g- before -m-. Latin segmentum was used in Medieval Latin as a geometry term, translating Greek tmema, and the word was first picked up in English in this sense. Meaning "segmental portion of anything circular" is from 1640s; general sense of "a division, section" is from 1762.
segment (v.)
1859, intransitive, in reference to cell division, from segment (n.). Transitive sense, "divide (something) into segments" is from 1872. Related: Segmented; segmenting.
双语例句
1. Three-to-five day cruises are the fastest-growing segment of the market.
3至5天的乘船游览是该市场中发展最快的部分。
来自柯林斯例句
2. She cleaned a small segment of the painting.
她擦干净了这幅画的一小部分。
来自《权威词典》
3. Give me a segment of a tangerine to taste.
给我一瓣柑橘尝一尝.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. The company dominates this segment of the market.
这家公司控制着这一部分市场.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. Women's tennis is the market leader in a growing market segment — women's sports.