名複: clefts
cleft
KK:[klɛft] DJ:[klеft]
cleft1
KK: [klɛft] DJ: [klеft]
- cleave的動詞過去式、過去分詞
參見
cleave1
vt.
- 砍開，劈開[O]
- 穿過；鑽進
- 使分裂，使分開
- 劈通，打通
vi.
- 被劈開；裂開
- 披荊斬棘地前進，破浪前進[Q]
cleft2
KK: [klɛft] DJ: [klеft]
a.
- 劈開的，裂開的
- 【植】半裂的
n.[C]
- 裂縫，裂口
- "V"字形凹陷
辨析
以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》
cleft1
adj.
split, divided, or partially divided into two.past participle of cleave1.Phrase
- be
(or be caught)
in a cleft stick
be in a situation in which any action one takes will have adverse consequences.
cleft2
n.
- a fissure or split in rock or the ground.
- an indentation or deep hollow in a person's forehead or chin, or between two parts of the body.
Etymology
ME clift: of Gmc origin; rel. to cleave1 and alt. by assoc. with cleft1.
以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》