Word · Frequency #14947
chasm
裂口；深渊
a deep opening in the earth's surface
- 1.
A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.
深渊,深谷,陡峭的裂隙或裂缝。
- 2.
A large difference of opinion.
重大分歧,意见上的巨大差异。
深渊,深谷,陡峭的裂隙或裂缝。；重大分歧,意见上的巨大差异。；陷窟；裂口
In use
The hikers stopped at the edge of a deep chasm carved by the river.
After the earthquake, a wide chasm opened in the middle of the road.
Over the years, rainwater widened the chasms in the limestone hills.
a chasm in [place]
chasm 常与 in 连用，说明裂口所在的位置。
The earthquake left a chasm in the ground.
地震在地面上留下了一道裂口。
a chasm between [noun] and [noun]
between 强调裂口位于两者之间，常连接两个具体地点。
A deep chasm between the two cliffs blocked the path.
两座峭壁之间的一道深壑挡住了去路。
a chasm that [relative clause]
that 引导的定语从句可以补充说明这道裂口的具体情况。
Connections
Collocations
- deep chasm
- 深深的裂缝；深渊
- The earthquake opened a deep chasm in the middle of the road.地震在马路上震开了一道深深的裂缝。
- yawning chasm
- 张着大口的深渊；巨大的裂口
- A yawning chasm appeared after the landslide.山体滑坡后出现了一道张着大口的裂口。
- bottomless chasm
- 无底深渊
- The explorers stared into a bottomless chasm.探险者们凝视着无底深渊。
- cross a chasm
- 越过深渊；跨过裂口
- We had to cross a chasm using only a narrow rope bridge.我们必须仅靠一座窄绳桥越过深渊。
- fall into a chasm
- 坠入深渊
- One wrong step and you could fall into the chasm.一步走错，你可能会坠入深渊。
- bridge a chasm
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想“凯怎”的发音，想象两山之间“开”出一条深裂口，那就是chasm（深渊）。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：geology、nature writing、travel writing chasm 比较常见于书面或正式场合，多用于描述地表很深的天然裂口；日常口语中较少使用，更常说 gap 或 crack。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only spasm and plasm rhyme with chasm (all end in /ˈæzəm/). The others—sarcasm, orgasm, enthusiasm, phantasm—share the spelling -asm but have different stressed vowels, so they do not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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