a crack, split, or break in something
裂缝,裂口
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the wind had torn open a rift in the clouds .风把云层吹开了一条裂缝。
【地质】 地堑,裂谷。
〈喻〉 (友好关系的)裂痕
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the rift between the two branches of the legal profession .法律界两个分支间的裂痕。
【主 地质】 开裂,断裂
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a fragment of continental crust which rifted away from eastern Australia 从东澳大利亚断裂开去的一块大陆地壳
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[as noun
rifting ]active rifting in south-western Mexico .墨西哥西南部活跃的地壳断裂。
[with obj.][usu. as adj.
使断裂,使开裂
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the nascent rifted margins of the Red Sea .红海地区刚断裂的边缘部分。
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riftn.裂缝;裂口;裂谷;地堑;裂痕
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liftv.抬起;举起;拿起来放到…;振奋精神;鼓励;鼓舞;解除;偷;顺手牵羊;空运
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giftn.礼物;赠品;天赋;才能;(GIFT)输卵管内配子转移
"Middle English: of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian and Danish