名複: rifts
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n.[C]
- 裂縫,裂口[(+in/between)]
- 【地】斷裂
- 嫌隙,不和,裂痕[(+in/between)]
vt.
- 使開裂,使斷裂
vi.
- 開裂,斷裂
辨析
同義:
vt.劈開,破開
split break crack cleft fracture fissure gap crevicen.斷絕,破裂
falling-out estrangement difference parting breach alienation separationrift2
n.
- 【美】河流中的淺石灘[C]
以上來源於:《英漢大辭典》
n.
- a crack, split, or break.
- a serious break in friendly relations.
- Geology a rift valley.
v.
[often as adj. rifted] chiefly Geology move or force to move apart.Etymology
ME: of Scand. origin.
以上來源於:《簡明牛津英語詞典》