资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Decompound \De`com*pound"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decompounded};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Decompounding}.] [Pref. de- (intens. in
   sense 1) + compound, v. t.]
   1. To compound or mix with that is already compound; to
      compound a second time.

   2. To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose.

            It divides and decompounds objects into . . . parts.
                                                  --Hazlitt.