split
US: /ˈspɫɪt/
UK: /splˈɪt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
split /split/- tính từ
- nứt, nẻ, chia ra, tách ra
- nứt, nẻ, chia ra, tách ra
- ngoại động từ split
- ghẻ, bửa, tách
- chia ra từng phần
- to split the job: chia việc
- to split a sum of money: chia một số tiền
- chia rẽ (ý kiến) về một vấn đề, làm chia rẽ, gây bè phái (trong một đảng phái)
- (hoá học); (vật lý) làm vỡ (hạt nhân), tách (phân tử)
- nội động từ
- nứt, vỡ, nẻ
- chia rẽ, phân hoá, không nhất trí
- to split on a question: không nhất trí về một vấn đề
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) chia nhau
- to spit off (up)
- làm vỡ ra; vỡ ra, tách ra
- to split the difference
- lấy số trung bình
- thoả hiệp
- to split hairs
- chẻ sợi tóc làm tư
- to split one's sides
- cười vỡ bụng
- to spilt on someone
- (từ lóng) tố cáo ai; phản ai
- to split one's vote
- bỏ phiếu cho ứng cử viên đối lập
- head is splitting
- đầu nhức như búa bổ
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun+ verb (splitting, split, split)
divide
1 to divide, or to make a group of people divide, into smaller groups that have very different opinions: [VN] a debate that has split the country down the middle + [V] The committee split over government subsidies.
2 ~ (sth) (into sth) to divide, or to make sth divide, into two or more parts: [VN] She split the class into groups of four. + [V] The results split neatly into two groups. + Slate splits easily into thin sheets.
See also -
3 [VN] ~ sth (between sb/sth)
~ sth (with sb) to divide sth into two or more parts and share it between different people, activities, etc: She split the money she won with her brother. + We share a house and split all the bills. + His time is split between the London and Paris offices.
See also -
tear
4 ~ (sth) (open) to tear, or to make sth tear, along a straight line: [V] Her dress had split along the seam. + [V-ADJ] The cushion split open and sent feathers everywhere. + [VN] Don't tell me you've split another pair of pants! [also VN-ADJ]
cut
5 ~ sth (open) to cut sb's skin and make it bleed: [VN-ADJ] She split her head open on the cupboard door. + [VN] How did you split your lip?
end relationship
6 [V] ~ (from / with sb) to leave sb and stop having a relationship with them: The singer split with his wife last June. + She intends to split from the band at the end of the tour.
See also -
leave
7 [V] (old-fashioned, informal) to leave a place quickly: Let's split!
Idioms: split the difference (when discussing a price, etc.) to agree on an amount that is exactly halfway between the two amounts that have been suggested
split hairs to pay too much attention in an argument to differences that are very small and not important
split an infinitive to place an adverb between 'to' and the INFINITIVE of a verb, for example, to say 'to strongly deny a rumour'. Some people consider this to be bad English style.
split your sides (laughing / with laughter) to laugh a lot at sb/sth
split the ticket (AmE, politics) to vote for candidates from more than one party
more at MIDDLE n.
Phrasal Verbs: split away / off (from sth)
split sth<->away / off (from sth) to separate from, or to separate sth from, a larger object or group: A rebel faction has split away from the main group. + The storm split a branch off from the main trunk.
split on sb (to sb) (BrE, informal) to tell sb in authority about sth wrong, dishonest etc. that sb else has done: Don't worry-he won't split on us.
split up (with sb) to stop having a relationship with sb: My parents split up last year. + She's split up with her boyfriend.
split sb up to make two people stop having a relationship with each other: My friend is doing her best to split us up.
split sb up
split up to divide a group of people into smaller parts; to become divided up in this way: We were split up into groups to discuss the question. + Let's split up now and meet again at lunchtime.
split sth<->up to divide sth into smaller parts: The day was split up into 6 one-hour sessions.
+ noun
disagreement
1 [C] ~ (between A and B)
~ (with sb/sth) a disagreement that divides a group of people or makes sb separate from sb else: a damaging split within the party leadership + the years following his bitter split with his wife + There have been reports of a split between the Prime Minister and the Cabinet.
division
2 [sing.] a division between two or more things; one of the parts that sth is divided into: He demanded a 5050 split in the profits.
tear / hole
3 [C] a long crack or hole made when sth tears: There's a big split in the tent.
banana dish
4 [C] a sweet dish made from fruit, especially a BANANA cut in two along its length, with cream, ice cream, etc. on top: a banana split
body position
5 (the splits) [pl.] (AmE also split [sing.]) a position in which you stretch your legs flat across the floor in opposite directions with the rest of your body upright: a gymnast doing the splits
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 Often, split up or apart. divide, separate, cleave, cut or chop apart, cut or chop in two, pull or tear apart, rend, break or snap apart or in two, break up, come apart, rupture, partition, detach, become detached; bisect, dichotomize:
He split the log with one blow of his axe. The ship split apart on the reef. The party may split on the tax issue.
2 Often, split up. divorce, separate, go separate ways, break up, part company:
After 30 years, the Hitchcocks have decided to split up.
3 Often, split up. branch, fork, diverge, separate:
The road splits to pass round the pond.
4 Often, split up. divide (up), apportion, deal out, dole out, distribute, allot, share or parcel out, carve up:
Why don't we split the dinner bill five ways?
5 burst, crack or break up, fall apart or about, Slang bust:
I laughed so much I thought I'd split!
6 leave, depart, go, Slang take a (run-out) powder, take it on the lam, beat it, scram, skedaddle:
When they heard the sirens of the police cars, they split.
n.
7 crack, cleft, fissure, chink, cranny, slit, slot, crevice, groove, furrow, channel, sulcus; gap, hiatus, lacuna, opening, separation, division, chasm; rift, break, rupture, fracture; slash, gash, tear, rip, rent:
The edges of the tectonic plates mark splits in the earth's crust. Pressure caused the splits in these plaster columns. I had to borrow a tablecloth to cover up the split in my trousers.
8 division, dichotomy, schism, breach, rupture, partition, disunion, discord; break, separation:
Don't you think that the issue will cause a split within the party?
adj.
9 divided, separated; halved, bisected, cleft; cut, broken, fractured:
The result was a split vote along party lines. Their first containers were of split bamboo.
Collocation
ADJ.
clear, deep, major, serious
A serious split in the ruling coalition appeared soon after the election.
| growing | damaging
VERB + SPLIT
cause, lead to
SPLIT + VERB
appear, occur, open up
PREP.
~ between
a split between the right and left wings of the party
| ~ in/within, ~ over
a growing split in the Church over the ordination of women
| ~ with
Mike's split with his wife
1 break into two or more parts
ADV.
easily
Plastic splits quite easily.
| apart
PREP.
into
He split the log into several pieces.
PHRASES
split (sth) across/down the middle
The lid had split down the middle.
| split (sth) open
The ripe seed pod splits open and scatters the seeds.
| split (sth) in half/two
Split the coconut in half.
2 separate into different groups
ADV.
formally | eventually, finally | apart, away, off, up
The rock group split up last year.
PREP.
from
Several factions split from the party.
| into
On January 1,1993 Czechoslovakia formally split into two independent states.
| on/over
The party finally split over the issue of gun control.
PHRASES
be deeply/irrevocably split
The party is deeply split on this issue.
3 divide/share sth
ADV.
equally, evenly
PREP.
among, between
The cost has been split equally between three countries.
PHRASES
split sth two/three/four ways
The profit will be split three ways.
Concise dictionary
splitting|splitssplɪtnoun
+extending the legs at right angles to the trunks (one in front and the other in back)
+a bottle containing half the usual amount
+a promised or claimed share of loot or money
+a lengthwise crack in wood
+an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
+an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea
+a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts
+(tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl
+an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
+the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
+division of a group into opposing factions
verb
+separate into parts or portions
+separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
+discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
+go one's own way; move apart
+break open or apart suddenly
adj.
+being divided or separated
+having been divided; having the unity destroyed
+(especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain
