quotation, extract

名詞 extract:

1. a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
   同義詞：infusion
2. a passage selected from a larger work
   同義詞：excerpt, excerption, selection

動詞 extract:

1. remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
   同義詞：pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
2. get despite difficulties or obstacles
3. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
   同義詞：educe, evoke, elicit, draw out
4. extract by the process of distillation
   同義詞：distill, distil
5. separate (a metal) from an ore
6. obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
   同義詞：press out, express
7. take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
   同義詞：excerpt, take out
8. calculate the root of a number

1. A computer word that specifies to extract some parts of another computer word.
   一種計(jì)算機(jī)字，它規(guī)定對另一計(jì)算機(jī)字的某些部分進(jìn)行析取。
2. She extracted a small notebook from her handbag.
   她從手提包里取出了一個小筆記本。
3. I had extracted a detailed account from him.
   我從他那里打聽出了詳情。
4. I would like to quote two extracts from the book.
   我很想引用這本書的兩段文字。

ex.tract

v.tr.（及物動詞）
ex.tract.ed,ex.tract.ing,ex.tracts
To draw or pull out, using great force or effort:
用力拔出：用大力或努力拔出或拖出：
例句：
extract a wisdom tooth.
拔出一顆智齒

To obtain despite resistance:
不顧反抗而獲得：
例句：
extract a promise.
迫使作出許諾

To obtain from a substance by chemical or mechanical action, as by pressure, distillation, or evaporation.
榨出，提取，蒸餾：通過化學(xué)作用或機(jī)械作用從某物質(zhì)中獲得，如通過壓榨、蒸餾或蒸發(fā)
To remove for separate consideration or publication; excerpt.
摘錄，引用：為單獨(dú)論述或出版而摘抄；摘錄

To derive or obtain (information, for example) from a source.
選?。簭哪骋怀鎏帿@得或取得（信息）
To deduce (a principle or doctrine); construe (a meaning).
演繹，解釋：推斷（原則或教義）；分析（意義）
To derive (pleasure or comfort) from an experience.
得到：從一次經(jīng)歷中獲得（樂趣或舒適）
Mathematics To determine or calculate (the root of a number).
【數(shù)學(xué)】 開方，求根：確定或計(jì)算（一數(shù)的根）
n.（名詞）

A passage from a literary work; an excerpt.
摘錄：從文學(xué)作品中摘錄下來的一段；摘錄
A concentrated preparation of the essential constituents of a food, a flavoring, or another substance; a concentrate:
濃縮物，汁：一種食物、調(diào)味品或其它物質(zhì)的精華部分的濃縮制劑；濃縮物：
例句：
maple extract.
楓樹汁

來源：
Middle English extracten
中古英語 extracten
from Latin extrahere extract-
源自 拉丁語 extrahere extract-
ex- [ex-]
ex- [前綴，表.…之外.]
trahere [to draw]
trahere [汲取]

【引伸】
extract.able 或
extract.ible
adj.（形容詞）
extrac.tor
n.（名詞）