rift
裂缝,裂口,裂痕,裂隙
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Definitions
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- : an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- : an open space, as in a forest or cloud mass, or a clear interval.
- : a break in friendly relations: a rift between two people; a rift between two nations.
- : a difference in opinion, belief, or interest that causes such a break in friendly relations.
- : Geology. a fault.a graben of regional extent.
- : the plane or direction along which a log or mass of granite can most easily be split.
- : wood or a piece of wood that has been split radially from a log.
- 1
- : to burst open; split.
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Examples
Material from the upper mantle then seeps up through the rift between the plates to fill in the seafloor.
Even the simplest decisions led him into deep philosophical rifts.
Then, after a rift with owner Art Modell drove him from Cleveland, Brown led the Cincinnati Bengals to playoff appearances in three of their first six years as an NFL franchise.
This worldwide rift system snakes for over 72,000 kilometers around the globe, cutting through the centers of the world’s oceans.
The correlation lent weight to the idea that the rift was where the crust was pulling apart, and gave Tharp a way to accurately locate the rift between the ship tracks.
Her mother made demands about a big ceremony and caused a rift between them.
The rift put Washington at odds with countries like Brazil, Uruguay or Chile, which seemed to have come to terms with their past.
Hagel sought to downplay any rift in a statement to Defense Department employees.
But the rift was, not least, a matter of personalities and egos.
The Oculus Rift essentially tricks your brain into believing what it sees is real.
There was a narrow rift here between the titan cliffs of darkness and he—the ship he was in—was fleeing across that rift.