cleft

• adj. 分裂的；劈開的
• n. 裂縫；龜裂
• v. 劈開；分開（cleave的過去式和過去分詞）
• n. (Cleft)人名；(英)克萊夫特

來自cleave,劈開。

cleft (n.)

1570s, alteration (by influence of cleft, new weak past participle of cleave (v.1)), of Middle English clift (early 14c.), from Old English geclyft (adj.) "split, cloven," from Proto-Germanic *kluftis (cognates: Old High German and German kluft, Danish kløft "cleft"), from PIE *gleubh- (see glyph). In Middle English anatomy, it meant "the parting of the thighs" (early 14c.).

cleft (adj.)

late 14c., past participle adjective from cleave (v.1)). Cleft palate attested from 1828.

1. a cleft in the rocks

岩石的裂縫

來自《權威詞典》

2. Their baby had an operation to repair a cleft palate.

他們的寶寶接受了兔唇整形手術.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The climber fell down a cleft in the rocks.

爬山者跌入岩石的裂縫裏。

來自辭典例句

4. I hid the message in a cleft in the rock.

我把情報藏在石塊的裂縫裏.

來自辭典例句

5. The ice cracked and he slumped into the cleft.

冰裂開,他(噗通)掉入裂縫中.

來自辭典例句