新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

chasm

英 [ˈkæzəm]

[NOUN]

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NOUN. 名词

chasms
1. [C 可数名词] （岩石、地面或冰上的）大裂口
A chasm is a very deep crack in rock, earth, or ice.
双语例句
例：
a yawning fourteen-foot-deep chasm which inexplicably had opened up in the riverbed.
河床上莫名其妙地裂开一个14英尺深的大口子。
2. [C 可数名词] 鸿沟 , 巨大分歧
If you say that there is a chasm between two things or between two groups of people, you mean that there is a very large difference between them.
近义词
gulf , gap
双语例句
例：
the chasm that divides the worlds of university and industry.
阻隔大学与企业之间的的鸿沟。

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