- gash (in/on something)
a long deep cut in the surface of something, especially a person’s skin 深长的切口(或伤口、划伤) He needed an operation to close a nasty gash in his arm. 他需要做手术来缝合手臂上的一个严重伤口。 The explosion left a wide gash in the rock. 爆炸在岩石上留下了一道很宽的裂缝。
Extra ExamplesThe accident left a deep gash in his leg. 事故在他的腿上留下了一道深深的伤口。 The bulldozers carved a great gash through the forest. 推土机穿过森林,开辟出一条大口子。 The rocks tore a long gash in the ship's hull. 岩石把船身划出了一道长长的口子。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- deep
- great
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- get
- have
- cut
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Word OriginMiddle English garse, from Old French garcer ‘to chap, crack’, perhaps based on Greek kharassein ‘sharpen, scratch, engrave’. The current spelling is recorded from the mid 16th cent.