音标:[rɪfts] ;
n. 裂缝( rift的复数形式 ); 裂隙; 分裂; 不和
n. a gap between cloud masses
n. a narrow fissure in rock
n. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

rift的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. Many years passed as the Warlocks sought to unlock the mysteries of this tiny rift.术士花了许多年寻找扩大这个微小裂口的神秘方法。
  2. Functionally a warp gate is similar to a gateway in that both devices open a spatial rift.偏位门的运作方式和传送门一样都是通过用一个设备打开空间裂口。
用作动词(v.)
  1. Just then, the wind blew a rift in the grey clouds, and in silver moonlight they reached the north end of the street.这时,风把灰云吹裂开一块,露出月光,二人已来到街的北头。

词汇搭配

  • rift valley地堑
  • rift cushion裂谷垫层
  • rift basin裂谷盆地
  • central rift中央裂谷
  • rift system裂陷系,裂谷系...
  • rift sawing径切,径锯
  • radial rift放射断裂
  • rift zone裂谷带,破裂带...
  • continental rift大陆裂谷
  • rift saw剖料锯
  • rift cut破开
  • rift grain径截纹,径面花纹...
  • rift trough断裂谷,正断层谷,裂...
  • rift crack心裂

经典引文

  • Though the rain had been stopping..there was still no rift in the clouds.

    出自:G. Huntington
  • The ice..sometimes cracks open, forming a narrow rift.

    出自:F. Hoyle
  • They rift apart over millions of years.

    出自:Scientific American
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