rift

名词 rift:

1. a gap between cloud masses
2. a narrow fissure in rock
3. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
   同义词：rupture, breach, break, severance, falling out

1. Healed the rift between us.
   弥补我们之间的裂痕

rift

n.（名词）
A narrow fissure in rock.
裂缝，裂口：岩石上狭窄的裂口
A break in friendly relations:
裂痕，失和：在良好的关系中的破裂：
例句：
a rift between siblings.
姐妹间的裂痕

v.（动词）
rift.ed,rift.ing,rifts
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To split open; break.
劈开，破裂
v.tr.（及物动词）
To cause to split open or break.
使劈开，使破裂

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
[of Scandinavian origin]
[来源于斯堪的纳维亚语]

rift
rift 2

n.（名词）
A shallow area in a waterway.
浅石滩：河流中的浅石滩
The backwash of a wave that has broken upon a beach.
反激浪，反溅：波浪撞击海滩的反流

来源：
Probably alteration of dialectal riff [reef]
可能为 方言 riff的变化 [礁，暗礁]
from Dutch rif, riffe * see reef
源自 荷兰语 rif, riffe *参见 reef