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单词 chasm
释义 chasm
\ˈkazəm\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Latin chasma, from Greek; akin to Latin hiare to gape, yawn — more at yawn
1.
 a. : a deep opening (as in the earth) : a narrow deep steep-walled valley, gorge, or canyon : a yawning abyss : a deep gap impassable by ordinary means
  < the brink of a precipice, of a chasm in the earth over two hundred feet deep, the sides sheer cliffs — Willa Cather >
 b. : cleft, fissure, ravine
 c. : blank, omission, hiatus
  < if I leave anywhere a chasm in my narrative, tell me — Sheridan Le Fanu >
2. : a marked especially irreconcilable division, separation, or difference
 < our only way of closing the chasm between the magnificent richness of human potentiality and the paltriness of human achievement — Paul Pickrel >
especially : one due to a marked opposition of attitude, opinion, belief, or loyalty
 < trade between the two countries had attained a considerable volume despite the … political chasm between them — Collier's Year Book >
 < the rifts that seemed to cleave soldier from civilian, in habit and state of mind, tempting the former to make the chasm permanent — Dixon Wecter >
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