cleft
英 [kleft]
美[kl?ft]
- adj. 分裂的；劈開的
- n. 裂縫；龜裂
- v. 劈開；分開（cleave的過去式和過去分詞）
- n. (Cleft)人名；(英)克萊夫特
GRE
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?clefts;
中文詞源
cleft 裂縫
來自cleave,劈開。
英文詞源
- cleft (n.)
- 1570s, alteration (by influence of cleft, new weak past participle of cleave (v.1)), of Middle English clift (early 14c.), from Old English geclyft (adj.) "split, cloven," from Proto-Germanic *kluftis (cognates: Old High German and German kluft, Danish kl?ft "cleft"), from PIE *gleubh- (see glyph). In Middle English anatomy, it meant "the parting of the thighs" (early 14c.).
- cleft (adj.)
- late 14c., past participle adjective from cleave (v.1)). Cleft palate attested from 1828.
雙語例句
- 1. a cleft in the rocks
- 巖石的裂縫
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. Their baby had an operation to repair a cleft palate.
- 他們的寶寶接受了兔唇整形手術(shù).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The climber fell down a cleft in the rocks.
- 爬山者跌入巖石的裂縫里。
來自辭典例句
- 4. I hid the message in a cleft in the rock.
- 我把情報(bào)藏在石塊的裂縫里.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The ice cracked and he slumped into the cleft.
- 冰裂開,他(噗通)掉入裂縫中.
來自辭典例句