单词 | rift |
释义 | rift I. 1. a. < a rift in the ice > < spring that gushes from a rift in a red sandstone bluff — American Guide Series: Texas > < widened lattice intervals are evidently rifts in the crystal lattice, produced initially by plastic deformation — Science > broadly < little rift within the lute — Alfred Tennyson > < first split Western man's acts from his ideals, for only by such a rift in his mind could he hold on to these mutually destroying beliefs — Lillian Smith > b. (1) (2) 2. < glimpsed occasionally through rifts in the dense foliage — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > < high rifts of blue, white-cloud-dappled sky — Flora Thompson > < had one of those rifts of lucidity in which I saw him whole and limited — Mary Austin > 3. < rift flooring > 4. 5. < this little rift it was that had widened to a now considerable breach — H.G.Wells > < a growing rift and an atmosphere of suspicion between the two parties — Farmer's Weekly (South Africa) > < developments in the industrial crisis which reveal significant rifts among his own supporters — New Statesman & Nation > Synonyms: see breach II. transitive verb 1. a. < mica rifted into sheets > < the mist is rifted and we can look straight at the words — R.P.Warren > b. 2. < the intellect is a cleaver; it discerns and rifts its way into the secret of things — H.D.Thoreau > intransitive verb 1. < the clouds rifted > 2. < sedimentary deposits surviving the denudation following the rifting — E. African Agric. Journal > III. chiefly dialect IV. < trout waters, where the rifts and pools harbor flashing rainbows — G.P.Manning > V. < rift fir > < rift laths > |
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