secern

An obsolete verb meaning to distinguish or discriminate between things; to separate or set apart.

• 🇨🇳一个过时或罕用的动词，表示辨别或区分事物之间的差异；也指分开或使某物孤立、脱离。

1. Distinguish or differentiate C2 formal

   To recognize or mark as different; to separate or set apart.

   • The expert could secern the subtle differences between the two paintings.
   • It is important to secern fact from fiction in historical accounts.
   • The scientist used a microscope to secern the various cell types.

   🇨🇳辨别

   同义词: differentiatediscriminatedistinguishseparateset aparttell apart

   反义词: blurconfuseminglemix

• secerned past participle
• secerned past simple
• secern present participle
• secerns third person singular