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a/the cleft in/on/into [noun phrase]
There is a narrow cleft in the rock face.
岩石表面有一条狭窄的裂缝。
裂缝；裂口；V形缺口
clefts — plural of cleft
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
裂缝；裂口；V形缺口
A narrow opening, crack, or V-shaped indentation made by splitting.
There is a narrow cleft in the rock face.
岩石表面有一条狭窄的裂缝。
由劈裂形成的开口、裂缝或V形凹口
An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
通过劈开制成的物件
A piece made by splitting.
马的疾病；蹄冠带上的裂缝
A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
The rock had a deep cleft that water flowed through.
岩石上有一条深裂缝，水流通过它。
A cleft in the cliff provided a hiding spot for the birds.
悬崖上的一条裂缝为鸟类提供了藏身之处。
The surgeon carefully examined the cleft in the patient's chin.
外科医生仔细检查了患者下巴上的裂缝。
There is a narrow cleft in the rock face.
岩石表面有一条狭窄的裂缝。
用作形容词，常修饰身体部位。
She has a cleft chin.
她有一个下巴沟。
cleft 是 cleave 的过去分词，用于被动结构。
The stone was cleft in two by the blow.
石头被一击劈成两半。
Not this
He cleft the log every morning.
Use this
He cleaves the log every morning.
“cleft”是动词“cleave”的过去式，不能用于一般现在时。现在时应用“cleaves”。
Not this
He has cleft in his chin.
Use this
He has a cleft in his chin.
“cleft”作名词是可数名词，需要不定冠词“a”或定冠词“the”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
唇裂
The baby was born with a cleft lip.
这个婴儿天生唇裂。
腭裂
Children with a cleft palate may need surgery.
患有腭裂的儿童可能需要手术。
下巴浅沟
She has a cleft chin like her father.
她像她父亲一样，下巴上有一条浅沟。
岩缝
The climbers sheltered in a cleft in the rock.
登山者在岩缝中躲避。
深裂缝
The deep cleft was formed by centuries of erosion.
这道深裂缝是几个世纪侵蚀形成的。
进退两难；陷入困境
I found myself in a cleft stick: if I signed the contract, I lost my freedom, but if I didn't, I lost the house.
我发现自己进退两难：如果签了合同，我就失去自由；但如果不签，我就会失去房子。
万古磐石，为我裂开，让我藏身于你。
Water dripped from a cleft in the cave wall.
水从洞壁的一条裂缝中滴落。
他把我的灵魂藏在磐石的裂缝里，那裂缝遮蔽着一片干旱饥渴之地。
The bird nested in a cleft between the rocks.
那只鸟在岩石之间的一个缝隙里筑巢。
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联想c（刀口）劈下，left（留下）一道缝：cleft就是裂口。
语域：mixed 常见场景：医学/解剖学术语、地质或地形描述、文学或正式书面语 作为名词，cleft 比较常见于书面或专业语境，多用于解剖学（如 cleft lip 唇裂）、地质或地貌描写，以及文学性的正式表达；日常口语中单独使用较少。
left、deft、weft、heft、theft、bereft 都与 cleft 押韵，重读元音和韵尾都是 /ɛft/。注意：拼写上相似的 cleave /kliːv/ 和 clef /klɛf/ 发音不同，并不与 cleft 押韵。
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