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单词 gulf
释义 gulf
I. \ˈgəlf, ˈgəu̇f\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English goulf, golf, from Middle French golfe, from Old French, from Old Italian golfo, from Late Latin colpus, colfus, from Greek kolpos bosom, bay, gulf; akin to Old English hwealf vault, arch, Old High German walbo vault, arch, hwelben to vault, arch, Old Norse hvalf vault, Gothic hwilftrjom, dative plural, coffin
1. : a part of an ocean or sea extending into the land : a partially landlocked sea that is usually larger than a bay
 < the Gulf of Mexico >
2.
 a. : a hollow place in the earth : a deep chasm or basin : abyss
  < a gulf opened between the little town … and its suburbs — Charles Lyell >
 b. : a deep narrow pass
  < the state's three central north-south gulfs … are the natural gateways through mountains otherwise impassable by road — New York Times >
3.
 a. : a sucking eddy : whirlpool
  < and whirl round the gulf before they sink — Samuel Johnson >
 b. : something that swallows up or devours
  < the gulfs … in which the population of the country is lost — Jeremy Bentham >
4. : an impassable or unbridgeable gap that serves as a means of separation : a wide interval
 < the broad and deep gulf which … divides the living from the dead, the organic from the inorganic — W.R.Inge >
 < theory and reality, principles and practice — how many have fallen in the gulf between them — Theodore Draper >
5. archaic : draft 2
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
1. : to swallow up : engulf
2. : to pass (a British university student) without honors
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