dis·sect /dɪˈsekt, daɪ-/ verb [transitiveT]1. MSEto cut up the body of a dead animal or person in order to study it 解剖〔動物或人的屍體〕 2 EXAMINEto examine something carefully in order to understand it 剖析,仔細分析〔某事物〕books in which the lives of famous people are dissected 剖析名人生平的書籍
3 to divide an area of land into several smaller pieces 把〔田地〕分成小塊fields dissected by small streams 被小溪分成小塊的田地
—dissection /-ˈsekʃən/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]