rift
rift
noun
语源
noun
- a crack, split, or break in something
裂缝，裂口
the wind had torn open a rift in the clouds.
风把云层吹开了一条裂缝。
■(Geology)a major fault separating blocks of the earth's surface; a rift valley
(地质)地堑，裂谷
■(figurative)a serious break in friendly relations
(喻)（友好关系的）裂痕
the rift between the two branches of the legal profession.
法律界两个分支间的裂痕。
- [no obj.](chiefly Geology)form fissures, cracks, or breaks, especially through large-scale faulting; move apart
(主地质)开裂，断裂
a fragment of continental crust which rifted away from eastern Australia.
从东澳大利亚断裂开去的一块大陆地壳。
[as noun rifting]active rifting in south-western Mexico.
墨西哥西南部活跃的地壳断裂。
■[with obj.][usu. as adj. rifted]tear or force (something) apart
使断裂，使开裂
the nascent rifted margins of the Red Sea.
红海地区刚断裂的边缘部分。
语源
- Middle English: of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian and Danish rift 'cleft, chink'
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