gap

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n. 开口; 豁口; 缺口; 裂口; 间断; 间隔; 间隙; 分歧; 隔阂; 差距
vi. 造成缝隙; 使成缺口; 使豁裂豁开; 张开; 有缺口; 露出裂口

复数：gaps　现在分词：gapping　过去式：gapped　第三人称单数：gaps　过去分词：gapped　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1988 / COCA.2121

同义词辨析

gap breach break chink cleft【导航词义：裂缝】

gapn. 裂缝；差距

〔辨析〕

指同一物体的两部分或两者之间的空间、差别、差距等。

〔例证〕

There is a gap in the wall.
墙上有道裂缝。
He pushed through a gap which the man was repairing.
他冲过那个人正在修补的一个缺口。
The gap between the two parties has narrowed considerably.
双方的隔阂已大大缩小。

breachn. 裂口，缺口

〔辨析〕

指防护墙、堤坝等上的缺口。

〔例证〕

There is a breach in the castle wall.
城堡墙壁上有个缺口。
The waves made a breach in the sea wall.
海浪将防波堤冲开了一个缺口。

breakn. 裂口，裂缝

〔辨析〕

普通用词，可指各种事物的裂隙、缺口等。

〔例证〕

There is a break in the water pipe.
水管上有个裂口。
The moon shone through a break in the clouds.
月光透过云层的缝隙照射下来。

chinkn. 裂缝，裂隙

〔辨析〕

指墙上、窗帘接合部之间等可透过风、光线的小裂缝。

〔例证〕

Wind came through a chink in the wall.
风从墙上的裂缝中透了进来。
Through a chink in the wall she could see a bit of the blue sky.
透过墙上的缝隙她可以看到一线蓝天。

cleftn. 裂缝，裂口

〔辨析〕

尤指岩石等表面自然的裂缝。

〔例证〕

He was stuck in a cleft of the rocks.
他被卡在一个岩石缝里。
He hid the message in a cleft of the stone.
他把情报藏在石头的裂缝里。

习惯用语

bridge the gap/gulf/divide (between A and B)

消除（甲、乙间的）隔阂 / 鸿沟 / 分歧
to reduce or get rid of the differences that exist between two things or groups of people

牛津词典

noun

开口；豁口；缺口；裂口
a space between two things or in the middle of sth, especially because there is a part missing
1. a gap in a hedge
  树篱的豁口
2. Leave a gap between your car and the next.
  在车与车之间留条道。
间断；间隔；间隙
a period of time when sth stops, or between two events
1. a gap in the conversation
  谈话的间隙
2. They met again after a gap of twenty years.
  他们阔别二十年后又见面了。
3. There's a big age gap between them (= a big difference in their ages).
  他们之间年龄差距很大。
分歧；隔阂；差距
a difference that separates people, or their opinions, situation, etc.
1. the gap between rich and poor
  贫富之间的差距
2. the gap between theory and practice
  理论与实践的脱节
缺口；空白；漏洞
a space where sth is missing
1. His death left an enormous gap in my life.
  他去世给我的生活留下巨大的空白。
2. There were several gaps in my education.
  我受的教育有好多欠缺之处。
3. We think we've identified a gap in the market (= a business opportunity to make or sell sth that is not yet available) .
  我们认为已经发现了市场上一个尚待填补的空白。

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 缝隙；缺口；豁口；裂口
Agapis a space between two things or a hole in the middle of something solid.
1. He pulled the thick curtains together, leaving just a narrow gap.
  他拉上厚厚的窗帘，仅留下一条狭窄的缝隙。
2. ...the wind tearing through gaps in the window frames.
  从窗框缝隙中呼啸而入的风
N-COUNT （时间上的）间断，间隔，间隙
Agapis a period of time when you are not busy or when you stop doing something that you normally do.
1. There followed a gap of four years, during which William joined the Army.
  随后的4年时间，威廉在陆军服役。
N-COUNT 漏洞；空白；缺口
If there is something missing from a situation that prevents it being complete or satisfactory, you can say that there is agap.
1. We need more young scientists to fill the gap left by a wave of retirements expected over the next decade...
  我们需要更多年轻的科学家来填补预计未来10年退休高峰带来的人才缺口。
2. Like a good businessman, Stewart identified a gap in the market.
  像精明的商人一样，斯图尔特发现了市场上的一个空白。
N-COUNT 分歧；差距；隔阂
Agap betweentwo groups of people, things, or sets of ideas is a big difference between them.
1. ...the gap between rich and poor...
  贫富差距
2. America's trade gap widened...
  美国的贸易逆差加大了。
3. Britain needs to bridge the technology gap between academia and industry.
  英国需要弥合学术界和企业界之间的技术差距。

英英释义

noun

an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
1. it was presented without commercial breaks
2. there was a gap in his account
Synonym:breakinterruptiondisruption
a narrow opening
1. he opened the window a crack
Synonym:crack
a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
1. gap between income and outgo
2. the spread between lending and borrowing costs
Synonym:spread
a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
a pass between mountain peaks
Synonym:col
an open or empty space in or between things
1. there was a small opening between the trees
2. the explosion made a gap in the wall
Synonym:opening

verb

make an opening or gap in
Synonym:breach

双语例句

America's trade gap widened
美国的贸易逆差加大了。
This book fills a major gap in lexicography.
这本书填补了词典学方面的重大缺门儿。
The trade gap between imports and exports remained high.
进出口贸易差额依然很大。
Measure the length and width of the gap
测量一下这条缝隙的长与宽。
The work fills ( in) a gap which has hitherto existed in our archaeological literature.
这部著作填补了我国考古学文献中的一个空白。
I went around the world in my gap year.
我在上大学前空闲的一年里周游了世界。
Under this background, the issue of economic discrimination caused by the gap between rich and poor is particularly sensitive and prominent in china.
在此背景下，我国存在的由富差距拉大而引发的经济歧视问题就显得尤为敏感和突出。
There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.
对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。
She brought him a sense of fun, of gaiety that filled a gap in his life.
她带给他开心快乐，弥补了他生命中的缺憾。
The gap between the best and poorest childcare provision in the European Union has widened
欧盟最好和最差的儿童保育服务之间的差距扩大了。