chasm
英['k?z(?)m]
美['k?z?m]
- n. 峽谷；裂口；分歧；深坑
詞態變化
復數:?chasms;
助記提示
1. PIE base *ghai- / *ghi- "yawn, gape" => chasm (from Greek khasma / khaskein / khainein "yawn, gape").
2. PIE base *ghai- / *ghi- "yawn, gape" => hiatus (from Latin hiare "yawn, gape").
3. PIE base *ghai- / *ghi- "yawn, gape" => gap, gape, yawn.
4. 諧音“開山么？開山嗎？”----開山后自然就形成峽谷了。
5. chaos => chasm.
中文詞源
chasm 裂縫
來自PIE*gheu, 張開，詞源同chaos, gas.
英文詞源
- chasm
- chasm: see yawn
- chasm (n.)
- 1590s, "deep crack in the earth," from Latin chasma, from Greek khasma "yawning hollow, gulf," related to khaskein "to yawn," and thus to chaos. In English in 17c. often spelled chasma. Figurative use from 1640s. Related: Chasmal; chasmic.
雙語例句
- 1. There's a chasm between rich and poor in that society.
- 那社會中存在著貧富差距.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. A chasm separates my generation from my parents '.
- 分歧使我這一代人不同于我父母那一代.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Suddenly a huge chasm opened in the earth.
- 大地突然裂開,形成一道深坑.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. A huge chasm gaped before them.
- 他們面前有個巨大的裂痕.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Pat had earlier made a dive of 80 feet from the Chasm Bridge.
- 帕特早先曾從80英尺高的峽谷大橋上俯沖跳下。
來自柯林斯例句