cleft

cleft1 /kleft/ noun [countableC]

1. a natural crack in something, especially the surface of rocks or the Earth 〔地球或岩石表面的〕裂缝，裂口

2. an area on the chin or lip that goes slightly inwards 〔下巴或嘴唇上的〕凹痕，凹口

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cleft• Slice was perched along the sides of a cleft in the mountains that couldn't be dignified by the name of valley.• a cleft in the granite cliff• The entire site looks across the valley to a further cleft in the mountains.• This mountain may possess other features, but the double peak or notched cleft remains constant.• Rain looked down into the steep cleft of another valley.• Above, the cleft was barred by vertical walls forming a difficult obstacle, demanding care and attention.• No-one lives up here in the cleft of the White Kielder Burn.• An action potential in the presynaptic neuron releases neurotransmitter into the cleft.

cleft2 adjectiveadj

be (caught) in a cleft stick British EnglishBrEMI to be in a very difficult situation in which any action or decision you make will cause problems 进退两难，陷于窘境

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be (caught) in a cleft stick• So the developing countries are caught in a cleft stick.• Now the local authorities are caught in a cleft stick, hostages to their own political process.

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cleft• For various examples of cleft and pseudo-cleft structures, see sections 5.1.1.3 and 5.1.2.1 of this chapter.• Once here he will have an operation to repair a cleft palate by plastic surgeon Charles Viva.• The cleft stick plight which is his current political position is displayed most vividly over Mr Heseltine's coal mine dilemma.

cleft3

XXa past tense and past participle of cleave cleave的过去式和过去分词

Origin cleft1

Old English geclyft

cleft2

(1300-1400) CLEFT3

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