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词汇 tease-apart
释义

tease something apart


phrasal verb with teaseverb[ I or T ]uk /tiːz/ us /tiːz/

(SEPARATE)


to carefully separate things that are stuck or twisted together, or to carefully separate something into different parts:
Gently tease the seedlings apart so that they can be replanted in separate pots.
The machines are crushed and the metal shredded then teased apart with magnets.
He was given a tangle of fine rope nets to tease apart and spread on the ground.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Separating and dividing
apheresis
atomize
bifurcate
bifurcation
bisect
dismemberment
dissociable
dissociate
dissociate yourself from something
dissociation
non-dialyzable
parcel something out
partible
periodization
periodize
ungraded
unjoined
unmix
unmixable
unmixed

(UNDERSTAND)


to look at the separate features of something in a detailed way in order to separate out different features and see how they relate to each other:
He said that it would be difficult to tease apart what damage was caused by humans and what was not.
The researchers are aiming to tease apart the mysteries of the ocean's carbon cycle.
The problem will be trying to tease apart the effects of anaesthesia from those of surgery itself.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Understanding and comprehending
appreciation for something
apprehend
apprehensible
apprehension
astutely
bear
dot
handle
keenness
keep someone up
know a hawk from a handsawidiom
know the scoreidiom
know/see where someone is coming fromidiom
speak
to get a handle on somethingidiom
to have a handle on somethingidiom
tumble to something
tune in
uncomprehending
understanding
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