1 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。