bisect
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++bi·sect /baɪˈsekt $ ˈbaɪsekt/ verb [transitive] HMTWO formal to divide something into two equal parts 把…一分为二，把…二等分 A long cobbled street bisects the town from east to west. 一条长长的鹅卵石街道从东向西把小镇一分为二。→ See Verb table
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bisect• Steel arms, called tendons, horizontally bisect a building's core, stretching like ribs between beams in the walls.• They followed rivers for convenience, then struck out in a straight line, bisecting mountain ranges, cutting watersheds in half.• A cursory line from the eye to bisect the body helps to supply the tail angle.• The county council plans to build a bypass so that the A148 will no longer bisect the conservation village of Letheringsett.• At the stairs a short hall bisected the rectangular corridor, leading to the bathroom on the other side.• Our pre-war apartment is spacious, with windows on three sides and a central hallway that roughly bisects the rooms.• It performs a special dance, walking in a circle which it then bisects while vigorously waggling its abdomen.Origin bisect (1600-1700) bi- + -sect (as in intersect)bi·sect verbChineseSyllable
two into something divide Corpus equal to parts
bisect
bi‧sect /baɪˈsekt $ ˈbaɪsekt/
verb [transitive]
A long cobbled street bisects the town from east to west.
bi‧sect /baɪˈsekt $ ˈbaɪsekt/
verb [transitive] Date: 1600-1700
Origin: bi- + -sect (as in intersect)
formal to divide something into two equal parts:Origin: bi- + -sect (as in intersect)