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cleave sth in two
及物动词，表示“劈开、分开”；过去式也可写 cleft 或 clove。
He cleaved the log in two with one blow.
他一斧子就把圆木劈成两半。
劈开；砍开；切开
cleaved — past of cleave
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
劈开；砍开；切开
to separate or cut something with a sharp tool
He cleaved the log in two with one blow.
他一斧子就把圆木劈成两半。
用利器或仿佛用利器劈开或切断某物。
To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
使单晶体(如宝石或半导体晶片)沿其较对称的晶面(常通过冲击)裂开,使碎片形成晶面。
To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.
通过切割或仿佛通过切割来制作或完成。
To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
(化学)将(复杂分子)分解为较简单的分子。
(chemistry) To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
cleave
Base
原形
cleaves
3rd person
第三人称单数
cleaving
-ing
现在分词
cleaved
Past
过去式
cleaved
Past participle
过去分词
She cleaves the log with a sharp axe.
她用一把锋利的斧头劈开圆木。
He cleaved the old tree trunk into firewood.
他把老树干劈成了柴火。
The blade has cleaved through the metal plate.
刀片已经切穿了金属板。
cleave 另有不规则形式 cleft、clove、cloven，本条目按规则变化处理。
The axe cleaved the log in one blow.
斧头一下子劈开了木头。
She carefully cleaved the apple into two halves.
她小心地把苹果切成了两半。
The ship's bow cleaved through the waves.
船头劈开波浪前进。
及物动词，表示“劈开、分开”；过去式也可写 cleft 或 clove。
He cleaved the log in two with one blow.
他一斧子就把圆木劈成两半。
不及物用法，后接 through，表示“穿过、破开”。
The boat cleaved through the waves.
小船破浪前行。
此义为“粘着、依恋”，是不及物动词，后接 to；与“劈开”义拼写相同但语义不同。
The mud cleaved to his boots.
泥巴粘在他的靴子上。
Not this
The wet shirt cleaved his skin.
Use this
The wet shirt cleaved to his skin.
cleave 表示“粘着、依恋”时，须接介词 to 才表示“贴在……上”；漏掉 to 会变成“把皮肤劈开”的及物用法，语义错误。
Not this
They cleft to their principles.
Use this
They cleaved to their principles.
“cleave to”表“坚持、依恋”时，过去式应用规则形 cleaved；cleft/clove 是“劈开”义的过去式，不能用于这个义项。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
把某物劈成两半
The axe cleaved the door in two.
斧头把门劈成了两半。
劈开某物；穿过某物
The ship cleaved through the waves.
船破浪前进。
在……中开辟出一条路
They cleaved a path through the dense forest.
他们在茂密的森林中开辟出一条路。
划破长空
A scream cleft the air.
一声尖叫划破长空。
坚守自己的信念
He cleaved to his beliefs in the face of opposition.
面对反对，他仍然坚守自己的信念。
坚持；忠于
He cleaves to his principles even when it is unpopular.
即使不受欢迎，他仍然坚守自己的原则。
劈成两半
The lightning cleaved the old oak in twain.
闪电把那棵老橡树劈成两半。
粘在一起；贴合
The two surfaces cleaved together tightly.
这两个表面紧紧粘合在一起。
因此，人要离开父母，与妻子连合，二人成为一体。
This line from Genesis, often quoted at weddings, advises a man to cleave to his wife.
《创世记》中的这句名言常在婚礼上引用，它告诉男人应当不离不弃地依恋自己的妻子。
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联想 cleave 含 leave：劈开后留下裂痕；另一义“粘着”可记作 cl- 开头的 cling（紧贴）。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal or literary texts、rhetorical or narrative writing、religious or archaic prose 此处讨论的是“劈开/切开”这一义项。该词比较正式，多用于文学或修辞性语境，日常口语中通常更常说 split 或 cut。
该词有‘劈开’（可及物/不及物）和‘粘着、依恋’（不及物）两个含义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.