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cleave

v.劈,劈开,裂开 vi.粘着,忠于,坚持

难易程度:

cleave为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

动词过去式:cleft/cleaved/clove 过去分词:cleft/cleaved/cloven 现在分词:cleaving 第三人称单数:cleaves 形容词:cleavable

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cleave


/kli:v; kliv/ v (pt cleaved / kli:vd; klivd/, clove /klEUv; klov/ or cleft / kleft; klZft/, pp cleaved, cloven / 5klEUvn; `klovEn/ or cleft)
1 [I] break or split, esp along a natural line 裂开, 分开(尤指沿天然纹理)
*This wood cleaves easily. 这种木材容易裂.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr, Cn.a] divide (sth) by chopping (with a heavy axe, etc); split (用大斧等)劈开(某物); 使分开
*cleave a block of wood in two 把一块木头劈成两半
* cleave a man's head open with a sword 用剑劈开人头.
3 [Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr] ~ through sth/~ sth (through sth) make a way through (sth) (as if) by cutting (好像)开路般穿过(某物)
*The ship's bows cleaved (through) the waves. 轮船破浪前进.
* cleave a path through the jungle 在丛林中开出一条路
* (fig 比喻) cleaving one's way/a path through the crowd 从拥挤的人群中穿过.
4 (idm 习语) be (caught) in a cleft `stick be trapped in a situation where it is difficult to decide what to do 陷入进退两难的境地.

/kli:v; kliv/
v (pt cleaved/ kli:vd; klivd/ or clave/ kleIv; klev/, pp cleaved) [Ipr] ~ to sb/sth (arch 古) remain attached or faithful to sb/sth 依恋或忠实于某人[某事物].

cleave


v past tensecleaved,clove [kləuv (US) klouv/