excerpt

US: /ˈɛksɝpt/, /ɛkˈsɝpt/
UK: /ɛksˈɜːpt/


English Vietnamese dictionary


excerpt /'eksə:pt/
  • danh từ
    • phần trích, đoạn trích (sách...)
    • ngoại động từ
      • trích, trích dẫn (một đoạn trong sách...)

    Advanced English dictionary


    + noun
    ~ (from sth) a short piece of writing, music, film, etc. taken from a longer whole: Read the following excerpt from one of Milton's poems. + They only played a short excerpt.
    excerpt verb [VN] ~ sth (from sth): The document was excerpted from an unidentified FBI file.

    Thesaurus dictionary


    n.
    1 extract, selection, quotation, citation, passage, pericope:
    The speaker read excerpts from well-known writers.
    v.
    2 extract, select, quote, cite, cull (out), pick (out), take:
    Parts of this book were excerpted from his earlier writings.

    Collocation dictionary


    ADJ.

    short

    VERB + EXCERPT

    feature, give, include, play, publish, quote, show
    The programme included excerpts from Verdi's operas.

    PREP.

    ~ from
    The paper published some short excerpts from Mandela's memoirs.


    Concise English dictionary


    excerpts|excerpted|excerptingek'sɜːpt
    noun
    +a passage selected from a larger work
    verb
    +take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy