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Rift 10719.Rift 英 Rɪft]美 Rɪft 释义 N 裂缝;不和;[木

正面 10719.rift
英 [rɪft]美 [rɪft]

背面
释义:
n. 裂缝;不和;[木] 裂口vt. 使断裂;使分开vi. 裂开
例句:
1. The interview reflected a growing rift between the President and the government.这段采访反映了总统和政府之间的裂痕越来越大。

1. rive => rift.2. 类似:drive => drift, thrive => thrift.3. 谐音“裂缝的”。
rift 分裂,分歧,裂缝来自北欧某语言,比较挪威语 rift,裂缝,来自 Proto-Germanic*rifana,刮,抢,来自 PIE*rei, 撕,砍,抓,词源同 rive,rifle.引申词义分裂,分歧。
rift (n.)early 14c., "a split, act of splitting," from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish and Norwegian rift "a cleft," Old Icelandic ript (pronounced "rift") "breach;" related to Old Norse ripa "to break a contract" (see riven). Figurative use from 1620s. Geological sense from 1921. As a verb, c. 1300."

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