fissure

fissure
[ˈfɪʃə]
noun
  1. a long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth
    (岩石、地面上的)开口;裂缝
    ■(chiefly Anatomy)a long narrow opening in the form of a crack or groove, e.g. any of the spaces separating convolutions of the brain
    (主剖)(大脑的)裂,裂纹,沟
    ■a state of incompatibility or disagreement
    不合,分歧;冲突
    the fissure between private sector business and the newly expanding public sector.
    私有经济与新近日益壮大的公有经济之间的冲突。
verb
  1. [with obj.][usu. as adj. fissured]split or crack (something) to form a long narrow opening
    使开裂;使分裂
    low cliffs of fissured Silurian rock.
    开裂的志留纪岩石形成的低矮峭壁。
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin fissura, from findere 'to split'
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