【cleft】 - A-level备考词汇

cleft

UK:  [kleft]

US:  [kleft]

复数：clefts  

adj.

1.劈开的,裂开的;【植物;植物学】尖裂的,半裂的

v.

1.cleave的过去式与过去分词

n.

1.裂缝,裂口,裂纹

2.裂痕

3.裂片

4.龟裂

5.断(崖)

1 . As she hung her septa's crystal about her neck, to nestle in the cleft between her breasts, she teased him with a smile.
当她把他的修女水晶挂在脖颈搭在双乳间时她露出个嘲笑的笑容。

2 . When the devil came, he found nothing but the stubble, and went away in a fury down into a cleft in the rocks.
魔鬼来了，他发现除了麦茬之外，什么都没有。他怒气冲冲地下到了岩石的裂缝里。

3 . Some human confess simple sins, like this as stealing a clam or starting at the cleft of a woman's bosom.
有些人忏悔一般的小过错，比如偷了一只蛤蜊或者偷看女刚出生的孩子的乳沟。

4 . The Man felt distressed and decided to help the butterfly: He took a pair of scissors and cleft the cocoon carefully.
这个人实在看得心疼，决定帮助一下蝴蝶：他拿来一把剪刀，小心翼翼地将茧破开。

5 . He did not know her, and she was speculating on the division made bare by their degrees of the knowledge, a deep cleft.
他不了解她，她思索着由于他们知识水平的不同而造成的赤裸裸的分裂，这是一个深深的裂纹。