cleft
n. 裂缝; 裂口; cleave的过去式和过去分词; 进退维谷
v. 劈开,剁开,割开( cleave的过去式和过去分词 )
A cleft in a rock or in the ground is a narrow opening in it.
...a narrow cleft in the rocks too small for humans to enter.
岩石之间人无法通过的一条窄缝
A cleft in someone's chin is a line down the middle of it.
If someone has a cleft chin, they have a cleft in their chin.
If you say that a person or organization is in a cleft stick, you mean that they are in a difficult situation which will bring them problems and harm whatever they decide to do.
Cleft is a past participle of cleave.
1. a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)
2. a long narrow opening
1. used of hooves
2. having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib
be (或 be caught) in a cleft stick
(主英)进退两难,左右为难
a cleft in the rocks
岩石的裂缝
The climber fell down a cleft in the rocks.
爬山者跌入岩石的裂缝里。
I hid the message in a cleft in the rock.
我把情报藏在石块的裂缝里.
The ice cracked and he slumped into the cleft.
冰裂开,他(噗通)掉入裂缝中.
He found himself in a cleft stick.
他感到进退两难.