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单词 rift
释义 rift
I. \ˈrift\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse ript breach of contract, rīfa to rive, Danish & Norwegian rift rent, fissure — more at rive
1.
 a. : an opening made by cracking or splitting : fissure, crevasse
  < 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 : any crack or flaw caused by stress or conflict — often used of minute or immaterial things
  < 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) : a normal fault; especially : one along which movement has occurred in comparatively recent geologic time
  (2) : a depression or valley along the trace of a fault or fault zone — compare rift valley
2. : an open space : a clear interval
 < 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. : wood split or cut radially from the log
 < rift flooring >
4. : the direction of easiest splitting especially of a granite — used especially by quarrymen
5. : a divergence (as of interests or beliefs) resulting in disagreement or dispute
 < 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. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English riften, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse ripta to break a contract, ript breach of contract
transitive verb
1.
 a. : cleave, rive, split, divide
  < mica rifted into sheets >
  < the mist is rifted and we can look straight at the words — R.P.Warren >
 b. : to saw (wood) radially from the log so as to have the annual rings perpendicular or nearly so to the face
2. : to penetrate by or as if by cleaving
 < the intellect is a cleaver; it discerns and rifts its way into the secret of things — H.D.Thoreau >
intransitive verb
1. : to burst open : split
 < the clouds rifted >
2. : to form a rift in the earth's crust
 < sedimentary deposits surviving the denudation following the riftingE. African Agric. Journal >
III. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English riften, from Old Norse rypta; probably akin to Sanskrit rauti he roars — more at rumor
chiefly dialect : to belch or break wind
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably alteration of riff (I)
: a shallow or rocky place in a stream forming either a ford or a rapid
 < trout waters, where the rifts and pools harbor flashing rainbows — G.P.Manning >
V. adjective
Etymology: by shortening
: rift-sawed
 < rift fir >
 < rift laths >
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