学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3285 fissure

 今天我们要学的词是 fissure¹.

 

Fissure 的意思是狭长的裂缝、裂痕。 The recent Anti-Semitic tweets by a handful of House Democratic freshman² highlight fissures³ in the Democratic Party's traditional support of Israel. 美国几名新科民主党议员最近发出的反犹太人推文凸显出民主党传统上对以色列的支持出现裂痕。

 

Last year, two visitors died in Yosemite National Park in a fall from an overlook popular for its breathtaking views of the valley and fissures on the granite⁴ rock. 有两名游客去年在优胜美地国家公园一个受欢迎的 观景点坠落丧生，那里可俯瞰山谷的壮观景色和花岗岩山体的裂纹。

 

1 fissure   

n.裂缝；裂伤

参考例句：

• Though we all got out to examine the fissure,he remained in the car.我们纷纷下车察看那个大裂缝，他却呆在车上。
• Ground fissure is the main geological disaster in Xi'an city construction.地裂缝是西安市主要的工程地质灾害问题。

2 freshman   

n.大学一年级学生(可兼指男女)

参考例句：

• Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.杰克决定大一时住校。
• He is a freshman in the show business.他在演艺界是一名新手。

3 fissures   

n.狭长裂缝或裂隙( fissure的名词复数 )；裂伤；分歧；分裂v.裂开( fissure的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Rising molten rock flows out on the ocean floor and caps the fissures, trapping the water. 上升熔岩流到海底并堵住了裂隙，结果把海水封在里面。 来自辞典例句
• The French have held two colloquia and an international symposium on rock fissures. 法国已经开了两次岩石裂缝方面的报告会和一个国际会议。 来自辞典例句

4 granite   

adj.花岗岩，花岗石

参考例句：

• They squared a block of granite.他们把一块花岗岩加工成四方形。
• The granite overlies the older rocks.花岗岩躺在磨损的岩石上面。