/əˈpɑ:t ||; əˈpɑrt/adv1 away from sb/sth or each other; not together 相距；分开: The doors slowly slid apart. 两扇门慢慢地各自滑开。Stand with your feet apart. 叉开两脚站着。The houses are ten metres apart. 两幢房子相隔十米。I'm afraid our ideas are too far apart. 恐怕我们的想法相差太远了。
2 into pieces 成碎片；支离破碎: The material was so old that it just fell/came apart in my hands. 这物料实在太旧，我一拿到手上就支离破碎了。
take sth apart to separate sth into pieces 拆开某物:
He took the whole bicycle apart. 他将整架自行车拆开。 tell A and B apart to see the difference between A and B 分辨（两者）:
It's very difficult to tell the twins apart. 很难辨别那对孪生儿。