新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

chasm

英  [ˈkæzəm]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词
  • chasms

    1[C 可数名词] (岩石、地面或冰上的)大裂口

    A chasm is a very deep crack in rock, earth, or ice.

    双语例句

    例:

    a yawning fourteen-foot-deep chasm which inexplicably had opened up in the riverbed.

    河床上莫名其妙地裂开一个14英尺深的大口子。

    2[C 可数名词] 鸿沟 , 巨大分歧

    If you say that there is a chasm between two things or between two groups of people, you mean that there is a very large difference between them.

    近义词

    gulf , gap

    双语例句

    例:

    the chasm that divides the worlds of university and industry.

    阻隔大学与企业之间的的鸿沟。

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