gap

[gæp]

n.缺口, 裂缝, 差距, 空白
v.（使）豁开

n.[C]

1. 豁口, 裂口, 缺口[(+in)]

She had gaps in her teeth.

她牙齿有缺缝。

2. 峡谷; 山口

3. 间断; 间隔; (知识等的)空白[(+in)]

There are still gaps in my knowledge of English.

我的英语知识仍有空白。

4. (双翼飞机的)翼隔

5. 分歧, 隔阂; 差距[(+between)]

The gap between the rich and the poor has widened.

贫富之间的差距扩大了。

vt.

使豁裂, 使成缺口

vi.

豁开, 裂开

词形变化

动词过去式: gapped | 动词过去分词: gapped | 动词现在分词: gapping | 动词第三人称单数: gaps |

词义辨析

同义:

n.裂口, 缺口

break  opening  pass  cleft  crevice  rift  gulf  hole

n.空白

blank  unfilled space  

同义参见:

aperture  breach  daylight  valley  vacancy  gape  fissure  rift  

英英释义

名词 gap:

a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures

同义词：spread

an open or empty space in or between things

同义词：opening

a narrow opening

同义词：crack

a pass between mountain peaks

同义词：col

a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations

an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

同义词：break, interruption, disruption

动词 gap:

make an opening or gap in

同义词：breach

短语词组

bridge/fill/stop a gap

1. 填补空白

He bridged a gap in the conversation by telling a joke.

他插了一则笑话, 使谈话不致中断。

补充

gapgap英:[ɡæp] 美:[ɡæp]n.1.缺口, 裂口The gate was locked but we went through a gap in the fence.门锁了, 我们便从篱笆的一处缺口钻了进去。2.间隔, 间隙There is a gap of five miles between towns.镇与镇之间相隔五英里。The record is not complete; there are several gaps in it.这份纪录不完整, 中间有几处间断。3.差距There is a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen.关于这点, 两位政治家的政见有很大分歧。4.不足, 缺陷We must see that there is no gap in our defence.我们必须确保我们的防御没有漏洞。

例句

1. There's a gap in the hedge.树篱有个豁口。 2. The wind was tearing through gaps in the window frames.风通过窗框上的裂缝呼啸而入。 3. He pulled the curtains together, leaving a narrow gap.他拉上窗帘, 仅留下一条狭窄的小缝。 4. After a gap of two years, she went back to college.时隔两年, 她重返大学就读。 5. There remain gaps in our knowledge of the solar system.我们对太阳系的认识仍有空白点。 6. We need more young scientists to fill the gap left by a wave of retirements expected over the next decade.我们需要更多年轻科学家来填补未来十年将出现的退休浪潮所带来的人才缺口。 7. This insurance is designed to fill a gap in welfare provision.这种保险就是为了填补福利服务没有覆盖的空白点。 8. Karen's main interest seemed to be to fill in the gaps in her family story.卡伦的主要兴趣似乎是补充其家史的缺失材料。 9. by filling in the gaps in my knowledge通过填补我知识的空白 10. He began by spotting a gap in the market and having a plan to fill it.他先找到市场空白, 然后便制订计划填补这个空白。 11. This book fills a gap in the market.这本书填补了市场的空白。 12. the widening gap between the rich and the poor不断加剧的贫富分化 13. Is there some way to bridge the gap between them and us?有方法能解决他们和我们之间的分歧吗？ 14. The only way to close the gap between supply and demand was to raise interest rates.过去缩小供求差距的唯一办法是提高利率。 15. A penalty closed the gap to within three points for the hosts.主队的一个罚球使比分差距缩小到了3分以内。 16. Old bomb sites still gapped the tattered side-streets.旧时炸弹留下的弹坑仍赫然裸露在这条破旧的小街上。 17. he peeped through the gap in the curtains.他透过窗帘上的缝隙窥视。 18. there are many gaps in our understanding of what happened.我们对所发生的事情的认识有许多缺失。 19. the media were bridging the gap between government and people.媒体正试图在政府和人民之间进行沟通。 20. The sheep got out through a gap in the fence.羊打栅栏缝隙钻出去了。 21. I returned to teaching after a gap of about five years.过了差不多五年我又拿起教鞭授课去了。 22. a gap in the conversation谈话中间的停顿 23. The gap between the rich and the poor is getting wider.贫富差别越来越大。 24. In this exercise you have to fill (in) the gaps in the sentences.这个练习要做句子填空。 25. The child had a gap between her two front teeth.这小姑娘的两颗门牙之间有一道齿缝。 26. The gap between the lead runner and the rest of the field continued to widen.领跑选手与场内其他选手之间的距离在继续拉大。 27. The sheep got through a gap in the fence.羊穿过了篱笆的豁口。 28. There are unexplained gaps in his story.他的故事有未解释清楚的地方。 29. The class filled in the gaps in my knowledge of biology.这门课填补了我在生物知识方面的空缺。 30. "She had taken several years off to raise a family, so there was a large gap in her work history."为了照顾家她几年都没工作，所以她的工作履历上有很大一段空白。 31. There is a widening gap between the rich and the poor.贫富差距越来越大。 32. We hope to close the gap between well-funded suburban schools and the struggling schools in poorer communities.我们希望缩小资金充裕的郊区学校与贫困社区苦苦挣扎的学校之间的差距。 33. His work bridges the gap between popular fiction and serious literature. [=his work has qualities of both popular fiction and serious literature]他的作品兼有通俗小说和严肃文学的特点。