分開; 分離; 脫離He shook the tree and some leaves split off from it. 他搖樹, 然後一些葉子脫落。The storm has split the branch off from the main tree trunk. 暴風雨把樹枝從樹幹上刮了下來。
【貶】(在爭論等中)作不必要的過細區分Scholars nowadays just split hairs; they never address the basics. 當今的學者只做不必要的細微區分; 他們從來不談根本。David loves to split hairs. 大衛就愛作一些瑣細的分析。