Word familyadjectivecleavablecleavingnouncleavablenesscleavagecleavercleaversverbcleave
cleave /kliːv/ verb (past tensepstcleaved, clove /kləʊv $ kloʊv/ or cleft /kleft/, past participleppcleaved, cloven /ˈkləʊvən $ ˈkloʊ-/ or cleft)
1[intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]CUT literary to cut something into separate parts using a heavytool, or to be able to be cut in this way 劈开;割开;裂开
The wooden door had been cleft in two.
木门被劈成了两半。
2[transitiveT]DIFFERENT formal to divide something into two completely separate parts 分裂,分开
the racial problems that still cleave American society
仍然在分裂美国社会的种族问题
3cleave the air/darkness etcFAST/QUICKMOVE/CHANGE POSITION literary to move quickly through the air etc 划过空中/黑暗等