rift

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n. 裂口, 空隙 vi. 裂开 vt. 使分开, 使割开

发音

US /ɹɪft/

词形变化

rifts 复数 rifts rifts 三单 rifting 现在分词 rifted 过去式 rifted 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

裂缝；不和； 裂口

释义与例句

n. C2
  1. 1.

    A chasm or fissure.

    裂缝

    罅

    The Grand Canyon is a rift in the Earth's surface, but is smaller than some of the undersea ones.

  2. 2.

    A lack of cohesion; a state of conflict, incompatibility, or emotional distance.

    比喻

    My marriage is in trouble: the fight created a rift between us and we can't reconnect.

  3. 3.

    A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.

  4. 4.

    A shallow place in a stream; a ford.

v.
  1. 1.

    To form a rift; to split open.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To cleave; to rive; to split.

    及物

    to rift an oak

  3. 1.

    To belch.

  4. 1.

    past participle of rive

    废旧

    The mightie trunck halfe rent, with ragged rift Doth roll adowne the rocks, and fall with fearefull drift.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

break breach rupture severance falling out

上位词 10

opening crack gap separation breakup detachment fissure cleft crevice scissure

下位词 1

schism

相关短语

rift valley 裂谷 Rift Valley fever [医] 裂谷热, 地方兽疫性肝炎 rift zone rift saw rift saws rift sawing rift sawed rift sawn rift valleys rift zones Rift Valley Great Rift Valley 东非大裂谷 Gregory Rift

词源

From Middle English rift, of North Germanic origin; akin to Danish rift, Norwegian Bokmål rift (“breach”), Old Norse rífa (“to tear”). More at rive.

来源：wiktionary