Fissure



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解释

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• n.裂缝, 裂隙
• ［英］ n.裂缝, 裂隙 ( a long, narrow, deep cleft or crack)
• ［记］ fiss ( 裂) +ure -> 裂缝;
• ［同］ 参考: fission ( 裂变, 分裂)
• ［例］ grass growing in the fissures

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin fissura, from fissus
• Date: 14th century
• 1. a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting
• 2.
  • a. a natural cleft between body parts or in the substance of an organ
  • b. a break or slit in tissue usually at the junction of skin and mucous membrane
• 3. a separation or disagreement in thought or viewpoint ; schism <fissures in a political party>

II. verb (fissured; fissuring)

• Date: 1656
• transitive verb
  • to break into fissures ; cleave
• intransitive verb
  • crack, divide

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