Interstice



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 细裂缝, 空隙
• ［英］ n. 细裂缝, 空隙 ( a small or narrow space; crevice)
• ［记］ inter+stice ( =stance 站) -> 站在中间 -> 空隙, 间隙

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural interstices)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Latin interstitium, from inter- + -stit-, -stes standing (as in superstes standing over) — more at superstition
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. a space that intervenes between things; especially one between closely spaced things <interstices of a wall>
  • b. a gap or break in something generally continuous <the interstices of society><passages of genuine literary merit in the interstices of the ludicrous…plots — Joyce Carol Oates>
• 2. a short space of time between events

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