| 单词 | gap |
| 释义 | gap (once / 323 pages) nv A gap is the space between two things. It can be physical (like "the gap between your two front teeth") or philosophical (like "the generation gap" between you and your parents). Gap is a small word that packs a lot; it can be used in a straightforward manner: in England, the signs in the subway station say, "Mind the gap" — in hopes that passengers will not wander into the space between the train and the platform. The American retailer, "The Gap," is said to have taken its name from the generation gap. The clothes were designed for teenagers and young adults, and therefore nothing your middle-aged parents would be caught dead in. Times change. WORD FAMILYgap: gapped, gapping, gaps USAGE EXAMPLESThe age gap closes because we’ve been through this unique experience together. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) He said it’s also grown the achievement gap for those students who struggle in class. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The gap between northern and southern European government bond spreads compressed. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) 1n an open or empty space in or between things the explosion made a gap in the wall Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper opening Denali Fault a major open geological fault in Alaska San Andreas Faulta major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes pocket an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck diastemaa gap or vacant space between two teeth Ranvier's nodes, nodes of Ranviersmall gaps in the myelin sheath of medullated axons foramen, hiatusa natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure breachan opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification) chasma deep opening in the earth's surface cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissurea long narrow opening holean opening into or through something mouthan opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge) rifta gap between cloud masses rent, rip, snag, split, tearan opening made forcibly as by pulling apart windowan opening that resembles a window in appearance or function corner pocketa pocket at the corner of a billiard table side pocketa pocket on the side of a billiard table Monro's foramen, foramen of Monro, interventricular foramenthe small opening (on both the right and left sides) that connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon with the lateral ventricle in the cerebral hemisphere foramen magnumthe large opening at the base of the cranium through which the spinal cord passes abysm, abyssa bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively) aperturea natural opening in something bolt-holea hole through which an animal may bolt when pursued into its burrow or den bullet holea hole made by a bullet passing through it chapa crack in a lip caused usually by cold chinka narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall crannya small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall) crevassea deep fissure fatigue cracka crack in metal resulting from metal fatigue break, fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other gulfa deep wide chasm leakan accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape ozone holean area of the ozone layer (near the poles) that is seasonally depleted of ozone perforationa hole made in something ratholea hole (as in the wall of a building) made by rats rifta narrow fissure in rock slita narrow fissure splita lengthwise crack in wood vent, volcanoa fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt knotholea hole in a board where a knot came out space an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things) 2n a narrow opening Syn|Hypo|Hyper crack blank, lacuna a blank gap or missing part spark gapthe gap between two high-potential terminals opening a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made 3n a pass between mountain peaks Syn|Hypo|Hyper col water gap a pass in a mountain ridge through which a stream flows wind gapa pass in a mountain ridge with no stream flowing through it mountain pass, notch, pass the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks 4n a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures gap between income and outgo Syn|Hyper spread disparity inequality or difference in some respect 5n a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations Hypo|Hyper generation gap a difference between the views of young people and their parents conflict, difference, difference of opinion, dispute a disagreement or argument about something important 6n an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity there was a gap in his account Syn|Hypo|Hyper break, disruption, interruption cut-in, insert (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film cut-in, insert(broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program interjection, interpellation, interpolation, interpositionthe action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts abruption, breaking offan instance of sudden interruption barracking, hecklingshouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree delay, holdup the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time 7v make an opening or gap in Syn|Hyper breach open, open up cause to open or to become open |
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