cleft

• adj. 分裂的；劈开的
• n. 裂缝；龟裂
• v. 劈开；分开（cleave的过去式和过去分词）
• n. (Cleft)人名；(英)克莱夫特

来自cleave,劈开。

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.

1. a cleft in the rocks

岩石的裂缝

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2. Their baby had an operation to repair a cleft palate.

他们的宝宝接受了兔唇整形手术.

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3. The climber fell down a cleft in the rocks.

爬山者跌入岩石的裂缝里。

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4. I hid the message in a cleft in the rock.

我把情报藏在石块的裂缝里.

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5. The ice cracked and he slumped into the cleft.

冰裂开,他(噗通)掉入裂缝中.

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