a small piece or a part, especially when broken from something whole

The road was covered with fragments of glass from the shattered window. 公路上到处是车窗的碎玻璃片。

Literary scholars are piecing together her last unpublished novel from fragments of a recently discovered manuscript. 文学研究者们正在把最近发现的她最后一部未发表小说的手稿残片一点点拼凑起来。

to break something into small parts or to be broken up in this way

The satellite will fragment and burn up as it falls through the earth's atmosphere. 卫星坠经地球大气层时会碎裂起火，化为灰烬。

His day was fragmented by meetings and phone calls. 他一天的时间因为各种会议和电话而变得支离破碎。