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rift

/rift/US // rɪft //UK // (rɪft) //

裂缝,裂口,裂痕,裂隙

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
    • : an open space, as in a forest or cloud mass, or a clear interval.
    • : a break in friendly relations: a rift between two people; a rift between two nations.
    • : a difference in opinion, belief, or interest that causes such a break in friendly relations.
    • : Geology. a fault.a graben of regional extent.
    • : the plane or direction along which a log or mass of granite can most easily be split.
    • : wood or a piece of wood that has been split radially from a log.
  1. 1
    • : to burst open; split.

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Examples

  • Material from the upper mantle then seeps up through the rift between the plates to fill in the seafloor.

  • Even the simplest decisions led him into deep philosophical rifts.

  • Then, after a rift with owner Art Modell drove him from Cleveland, Brown led the Cincinnati Bengals to playoff appearances in three of their first six years as an NFL franchise.

  • This worldwide rift system snakes for over 72,000 kilometers around the globe, cutting through the centers of the world’s oceans.

  • The correlation lent weight to the idea that the rift was where the crust was pulling apart, and gave Tharp a way to accurately locate the rift between the ship tracks.

  • Her mother made demands about a big ceremony and caused a rift between them.

  • The rift put Washington at odds with countries like Brazil, Uruguay or Chile, which seemed to have come to terms with their past.

  • Hagel sought to downplay any rift in a statement to Defense Department employees.

  • But the rift was, not least, a matter of personalities and egos.

  • The Oculus Rift essentially tricks your brain into believing what it sees is real.

  • There was a narrow rift here between the titan cliffs of darkness and he—the ship he was in—was fleeing across that rift.

  • The older group commenced with a series of fissure eruptions along the site of the present rift-valley and parallel with it.

  • This great volcanic period was followed by the eruptions of Kibo and some of the larger volcanoes of the rift-valley.

  • The great rift in the volcano widened, and the molten lava was visible until steam rose again.

  • As far as the eye can reach is a sea of green tree-tops, with occasionally a deep rift where there is a chasm.