a natural opening or line, for example in the ground or in rock, or in a person’s chin (= part of the face below the mouth) （自然的）裂口，裂缝 a cleft in the rocks 岩石的裂缝 They walked up a cleft in the hills. 他们爬上了山上的一个裂缝。 the cleft in his chin 他下巴上的凹陷
Word Originnoun Middle English clift: of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kluft and German Kluft, also to cleave ‘to split something in two’. The form of the word was altered in the 16th cent. by association with cleft, the past participle of ‘cleave’.
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- past tense, past participle of cleaveWord Originnoun Middle English clift: of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kluft and German Kluft, also to cleave ‘to split something in two’. The form of the word was altered in the 16th cent. by association with cleft, the past participle of ‘cleave’.
Idioms
be (caught) in a cleft stick
to be in a difficult situation when any action you take will have bad results 进退维谷；陷入困境
cleft noun
⇨ crack
cleft
Holes and openings in surfaces: abyss, aperture, blowhole...
Not near and difficult to reach: distant, far, apart...
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