cleft

名词 cleft:

1. a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)
2. a long narrow opening
   同义词：crack, crevice, fissure, scissure

动词 cleave:

1. separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
   同义词：cleave, split, rive
2. make by cutting into
   同义词：cleave
3. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
   同义词：cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere

形容词 cleft:

1. used of hooves
   同义词：cloven, bisulcate
2. having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib
   同义词：dissected

1. The man cleft a block of wood in two with an axe.
   那人用斧头把一块木头劈成两半。
2. The man cleft a block of wood in two with an ax.
   那人用斧头把一块木头劈成两半。
3. A long, narrow opening; a crack or cleft.
   裂缝，裂隙长而狭的开口; 裂缝或裂痕
4. The state of being split or cleft; a fissure or division.
   分裂，裂缝劈开或裂开的状态; 裂缝或分裂
5. The climber fell down a cleft in the rocks.
   爬山者跌入岩石的裂缝里。

cleft

v.（动词）
A past tense and a past participle of cleave
cleave的过去式和过去分词
adj.（形容词）
Divided; split.
分离的；裂开的
Botany Having indentations that extend about halfway to the center, as in certain leaves.
【植物学】 半裂的：有锯齿状边缘的，延伸到距中心一半的距离，例如某些叶片
n.（名词）
A crack, crevice, or split.
裂缝：裂隙、缺口或裂缝
A split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin.
开裂，凹陷：两部分间（如下巴）的裂隙或凹口

来源：
Middle English [past participle of] cleven [to split] * see cleave
中古英语 [] cleven的过去分词 [裂开] *参见 cleave
N., from Middle English
名词，源自 中古英语
alteration influenced by cleft
受 cleft的影响
of clift
clift的变化
from Old English geclyft * see gleubh-
源自 古英语 geclyft *参见 gleubh-