crevasse

n. 裂缝, (堤、坝等的)决口, 崩溃处 vt. 使有裂缝

发音

其它 /kɹəˈvæs/

词形变化

crevasses 复数 crevasses crevassed crevasses 三单 crevassing crevassing 现在分词 crevassed 过去式 crevassed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm.

  2. 2.

    A breach in a canal or river bank.

    美国
  3. 3.

    Any cleft or fissure.

    引申义
  4. 4.

    A discontinuity or “gap” between the accounted variables and an observed outcome.

    比喻

    […] he laments that he can find no physiological phenomenon answering to his subject’s winning a race, or losing it. Between his terminal output of energy and his victory or defeat there is a mysterious crevasse. Physiology is baffled.

v.
  1. 1.

    To form crevasses.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To fissure with crevasses.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 5

crack fissure cleft crevice scissure

词源

From French crevasse. Doublet of crevice.

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