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cleave

cleave
[英] [kli:v] [美] [kliv] 生词本

vt.

  • 易混淆的单词：Cleave  

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  • 英英释义

The past tense can be either cleaved or clove; the past participle can be cleaved, cloven, or cleft for meaning 1, and is cleaved for meaning 2. 过去式可写作 cleaved 或 clove;用于义项1时，过去分词可写作 cleaved, cloven 或 cleft，用于义项2时，过去分词写作 cleaved。
1. VERB 劈开;砍开 To cleave something means to split or divide it into two separate parts, often violently. 

  • They just cleave the stone along the cracks.

    他们就是顺着裂缝把石头劈开。

2. VERB 坚守;信守;忠于 If someone cleaves to something or to someone else, they begin or continue to have strong feelings of loyalty towards them. 

  • She has cleaved to these principles all her life...

    她这一辈子都恪守这些原则。

  • He still clove to this ideal.

    他仍然坚守着这个理想。

Verb

1. separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument;

  • "cleave the bone"

2. make by cutting into;

  • "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"

3. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation;

  • "The dress clings to her body"
  • "The label stuck to the box"
  • "The sushi rice grains cohere"