Rive



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.撕开, 分裂
• ［类］ 反义词: unite ( 联合)

Webster Collegiate

verb (rived; riven; also rived; riving)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse rīfa; akin to Greek ereipein to tear down
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to wrench open or tear apart or to pieces ; rend
    • b. to split with force or violence <lightning rived the tree>
  • 2.
    • a. to divide into pieces ; shatter <nations riven by civil war>
    • b. fracture
• intransitive verb
  • to become split ; crack
• Synonyms: see tear

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