vt.

1. 分隔；分割；使分離；使分散[（+from/into/off/up）]
   The two communities are separated by a highway.

   這兩個社區由一條公路隔開。

2. 區分，識別[（+from）]
   Brought up in town, the boy finds it difficult to separate a poplar from a willow.

   那男孩是在城裡長大的，所以覺得很難區別楊樹和柳樹。

3. 使分居；使疏遠
4. 離析，從……中提取[（+out/from）]

vi.

1. 分開；脫離；分手；分散[（+from/into）]
   They walked a mile together and then separated.

   他們一道走了一英里，然後就分手了。

2. （夫妻）分居
   They separated three years after they got married.

   他倆結婚三年後便分居了。

3. 離析；析出[（+out/from）]

a.

1. 個別的，不同的
2. 單獨的，獨立的[B]
   Our children have separate bedrooms.

   我們的孩子有各自的臥室。

3. 分離的，分開的[（+from）]

n.

1. 不是成套的女裝

adj.

/ˈsɛp(ə)rət/ forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself; not joined or united with others.

v.

/ˈsɛpəreɪt/

1. move or come apart; make or become detached or disconnected.
   ▸stop living together as a couple.
   ▸US discharge or dismiss from service or employment.
2. divide into constituent or distinct elements.
   ▸extract or remove for use or rejection.
   ▸distinguish between or from another; consider individually.
3. form a distinction or boundary between.

pl. n.

(separates) /ˈsɛp(ə)rəts/ things forming units by themselves, in particular individual items of clothing suitable for wearing in different combinations.