| 正面 | 2134.gap 英 [gæp]美 [ɡæp]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. PIE base *ghai- / *ghi- "yawn, gape" => chasm (from Greek khaskein / khainein "yawn, gape").2. PIE base *ghai- / *ghi- "yawn, gape" => hiatus (from Latin hiare "yawn, gape").3. PIE base *ghai- / *ghi- "yawn, gape" => gap, gape, yawn.n. 间隙；缺口；空白vi. 裂开vt. 使成缺口 例句： 1. Like a good businessman, Stewart identified a gap in the market.像精明的商人一样，斯图尔特发现了市场上的一个空白。 gap 缺口来自PIE*ghai, 打呵欠，张口，词源同gape, yawn. gap (n.)early 14c., "an opening in a wall or hedge; a break, a breach," mid-13c. in place names, from Old Norse gap "chasm, empty space," related to gapa "to gape, open the mouth wide," common Proto-Germanic (cognates: Middle Dutch, Dutch gapen, German gaffen "to gape, stare," Swedish gapa, Danish gabe), from PIE *ghai- "to yawn, gape" (see yawn (v.)). From late 14c. as "a break or opening between mountains;" broader sense "unfilled space or interval, any hiatus or interruption" is from c. 1600. In U.S., common in place names in reference to a deep break or pass in a long mountain chain (especially one that water flows through), a feature in the middle Appalachians.gap (v.)1847, "to make gaps" (transitive); 1948 "to have gaps" (intransitive), from gap (n.). Related: Gapped; gapping." |