fissure
- IPA[ˈfɪʃə]
英式
- a long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth;a long, narrow opening, e.g. any of the spaces separating convolutions of the brain.
- split or crack (something) to form a long, narrow opening
noun: fissure, plural noun: fissures
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth the bacteria survive around vents or fissures in the deep ocean floor
- ▪ a long, narrow opening, e.g. any of the spaces separating convolutions of the brain.
- 2. a state of incompatibility or disagreement a fissure between philosophy and reality
動詞
- 1. split or crack (something) to form a long, narrow opening the dry years had cracked and fissured the cliffs