gap

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɡæp/|/ɡap/    美 /ɡæp/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
    — He made a gap in the fence by kicking at a weak spot.
  2. Alternative form of gup (“elected head of a gewog in Bhutan”). alt-of,alternative
  3. An opening allowing passage or entrance.
    — We can slip through that gap between the buildings.
  4. An opening that implies a breach or defect.
    — There is a gap between the roof and the gutter.
  5. A vacant space or time.
    — I have a gap in my schedule next Tuesday.
  6. A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
    — I'm taking a gap.
  7. A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
    — Their departure has left a gap in the workforce.
  8. A mountain or hill pass.
    — The exploring party went through the high gap in the mountains.
  9. A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
    — At Birling Gap we can stop and go have a picnic on the beach.
  10. The regions between the outfielders.
    — Jones doubled through the gap.
  11. The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item. Australia
    — Under bulk billing the patient does not pay a gap, and the medical practitioner receives 85% of the scheduled fee.
  12. The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc. Australia,literary,usually
  13. An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
  14. The vagina. euphemistic,slang
动词 v.
  1. To notch, as a sword or knife. transitive
  2. To stare or gape. US,dated,intransitive,slang,transitive
    — Well, dey would all begin stretchin' and gappin', and den some of dem would say, with a gap and another stretch: […]
  3. To make an opening in; to breach. transitive
  4. To check the size of a gap. transitive
    — I gapped all the spark plugs in my car, but then realized I had used the wrong manual and had made them too small.
  5. To surpass (someone or something) by a considerable margin. especially,intransitive,slang,transitive
    — Honestly K&C could release today with like a bit more SOT buffs and they'd probably still gap a lot of the game
  6. To leave suddenly. New-Zealand,slang
    — [Article title:] 'They've just gapped it': Duo fled quarantine authorities after gang funeral
  7. To fall or spill open so as to leave a gap. intransitive
    — The robe gaps open at the waist, breasts spilling out of a lacy bra that looks like she might have had it since her college days.

词形变化

gaps plural gaps present,singular,third-person gapping participle,present gapped participle,past gapped past gaps plural gaps present,singular,third-person gapping participle,present gapped participle,past gapped past

词汇关系

近义词
clearing hole opening space window interim hiatus
下位词
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衍生词
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词源

词源 1
Inherited from Middle English gap /gappe, from Old Norse gap (“an empty space, gap, chasm”), from gapa (“to gape, scream”), from Proto-Germanic *gapōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to open wide, gape”). Related to Danish gab (“an expanse, space, gap”), Old English ġeap (“open space, expanse”). Doublet of gape.
词源 2
From gup.
词源 3
A variant of gape.
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