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Cleft English N 裂缝 Chasm Past Participle Cleave

单词 cleft
音标 [kleft]
解释 n.裂缝;a.劈开的
红宝书 【英】 n. 裂缝 (an opening; crack; crevice)
【考】 cleft : chasm / cut : gash(程度: 裂缝→深坑/切口→很 深的伤口)
【记】 参考theft(偷窃)一起 记
字源 cleft (n.)
1570s, alteration (by influence of cleft, new weak past participle of cleave (v.1)), of Middle English clift (early 14c.), from Old English geclyft (adj.) "split, cloven," from Proto-Germanic *kluftis (cognates: Old High German and German kluft, Danish kløft "cleft"), from PIE *gleubh- (see glyph). In Middle English anatomy, it meant "the parting of the thighs" (early 14c.).
cleft (adj.)
late 14c., past participle adjective from cleave (v.1)). Cleft palate attested from 1828.
不择手段背单词 n. 裂缝 = opening = crack = crevice
【例】cleft lip 兔唇
【记】c读: 刻, left留下来: 刻一刀留下来一个裂缝.
【类】cleft: chasm = cut: gash 裂缝对深坑 = 伤口对深伤口
趣味全助记 【记】源自cleave, ea →e v=f;音:刻裂缝

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