gulf

英[ɡʌlf] 美[ɡʌlf]
  • n. 海湾；鸿沟
  • vt. 吞没
gulfed gulfed gulfing gulfs
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星级词汇:
  • gular adj.[解]咽喉的；在咽的；喉部的；外咽的

详细释义

    n. (名词)
    1. 鸿沟，隔阂，分歧，悬殊，隔膜，悬隔
    2. 深坑，深渊，深谷
    3. 海湾，湾；内海，深海
    4. 裂口，裂缝，裂痕
    5. 波斯湾；波斯湾各国
    6. 旋涡，涡
    v. (动词)
    1. 吞没，淹没
    2. 使深深卷入
    3. 卷进
    n. (名词)
    1. [C]海湾 part of the sea almost surrounded by land
    2. [C]分歧,鸿沟 area of difference; division(in opinion, etc.)

英英释义

Noun:
  1. an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay

  2. an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding);

    "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"
    "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy"

  3. a deep wide chasm

双语例句

1. These issues were brought into sharp focus by the Gulf crisis.
海湾危机让这些问题备受关注。

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2. Hurricane Andrew was last night heading into the Gulf of Mexico.
昨晚，飓风“安德鲁”进入了墨西哥湾。

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3. The Gulf has 65 per cent of the world's oil reserves.
海湾地区拥有全世界65％的石油储藏。

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4. The spill could wipe out the Gulf's turtle population.
这次原油泄漏可能会使波斯湾的海龟灭绝。

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5. A yawning North-South gulf has opened up with both sides digging in.
双方都坚持自己的立场，南北之间出现了一条鸿沟。

来自柯林斯例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The gulf extends northward.
      海湾向北方延伸。
    2. The Gulf War has sapped Iraqi vitality badly.
      海湾战争使伊拉克大伤元气。
    3. Thousands of ships enwombed in the gulf of mexico.
      数千艘的船深藏在墨西哥海湾中。
    4. Between him and Mr Smith there was a great gulf fixed.
      他与史密斯之间有一道永远不可逾越的鸿沟。
    5. I think there is no gulf between my daughter and I.
      我认为我和我女儿之间没有隔阂。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. There is a gulf between the two cities.
      这两座城市间有个海湾。
    2. This kind of fish lives in the Gulf of Mexico.
      这种鱼生活在墨西哥湾。
    3. The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.
      两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。

用法讲解

n. (名词)
gulf, bay
  • 这两个词都有“海湾”的意思。其区别在于:
  • 1.在含义上，gulf指比bay大的海湾,其湾的开口要比bay的湾口要狭窄些。
  • 2.在用法上，gulf前一般要用冠词; 而bay前一般不用冠词,但后面带of短语时,必须加冠词。
    • bay，gulf
  • 这两个名词均有“海湾”之意。
  • bay指海岸线上一大块凹入的地方，是港口的所在地。
  • gulf一般比bay大，但比sea小。指大片深入到陆地中，由海岸围绕成半圆形的海水区域。
    • 用作名词 (n.)
    动词+～ 形容词+～ ～+名词 ～+介词

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