split 1 S2 W3 / splɪt / 动词 ( past tense and past participle split , present participle splitting )

1 disagree [不及物和及物动词] if a group of people splits, or if it is split, people in the group disagree strongly with each other and the group sometimes divides into separate smaller groups :

It was feared that the issue would split the church.

be split on/over something

The party is split over the issue of immigration.

The government appears deeply split on this issue.

split from

The Pan-Africanist Congress split from the ANC in 1959.

split something in two/down the middle

The war has split the nation in two.

2 separate into parts ( also split up ) [不及物和及物动词] to divide or separate something into different parts or groups, or to be divided into different parts or groups

split into

Can you split into groups of three now?

split something into something

The book is split into six sections.

3 break or tear [不及物和及物动词] if something splits, or if you split it, it tears or breaks along a straight line :

The branch split under their weight.

One of the boxes had split open .

split (something) in two/half

The board had split in two.

Split the pineapple down the middle .

4 share [及物动词] to divide something into separate parts and share it between two or more people

split something between somebody/something

Profits will be split between three major charities.

split something with somebody

He agreed to sell the car and split the proceeds with his brother.

split something three/four etc ways (= share something between three, four etc people or groups )

The money will have to be split three ways.

We agreed to split the cost .

5 injure [及物动词] to make someone’s head or lip have a cut in it, as a result of a fall or hit :

She fell against a table and split her lip .

The force of the blow nearly split his head open .

6 end relationship ( also split up ) [不及物动词] informal if people split, they end a marriage or relationship with each other

split with/from

He split from his wife last year.

The band split two years ago.

7 leave [不及物动词] old-fashioned informal to leave a place quickly :

Come on – let’s split.

8 split hairs to argue that there is a difference between two things, when the difference is really too small to be important :

This is just splitting hairs.

9 split the difference to agree on an amount that is exactly between two amounts that have been mentioned :

OK, let’s split the difference, and I’ll give you £20.

10 split your sides informal to laugh a great deal

split off 短语动词

1 ( also split away ) if one part of something splits off from the rest, it becomes completely separate from it

split off from

A huge lump of rock had split off from the cliff face.

2 ( also split away ) if a small group of people split off from a larger group, they become separate from it

split off from

The group split away from the Green Party and formed the Environmental Alliance.

3 split something ↔ off to separate one part of something and make it completely separate from the rest

split something ↔ off from

This part of the business has now been split off from the main company.

split on somebody 短语动词 British English informal

to tell someone in authority about something wrong that someone else has done :

Don’t you dare split on us!

split up 短语动词

1 if people split up, or if someone splits them up, they end a marriage or relationship with each other :

Steve’s parents split up when he was four.

split up with

I thought she’d split up with her boyfriend.

split somebody ↔ up

Why would she try to split us up?

2 to divide people into different groups, or to be divided into groups :

Please don’t split up when we get to the museum.

split something/somebody ↔ up

The teacher split up the class into three groups.

3 split something ↔ up to divide something into different parts

split something ↔ up into

The house has now been split up into individual flats.