| 单词 | crevasse |
| 释义 | crevasse (once / 4994 pages) n If you're heading to the North Pole by sled, watch out you don't fall into a crevasse — a deep fissure or crack in the snow or ice. Similar to the term "crevice," though "crevice" usually refers to a fissure in a rock face. Neither one is a nice place to get stuck. The word crevasse, as its spelling suggests, comes from an old French word, the verb crevare, meaning "to burst or break," and indicating how a crevasse was formed in the first place. The reason for the difference in the two terms, crevasse and crevice, was originally to indicate a difference in size: in general a crevasse is much larger than a crevice, which can often be extremely small. WORD FAMILYcrevasse: crevasses USAGE EXAMPLESFatalities usually occur because of people slipping on firm snow, falling off cliffs or into crevasses. New York Times(Nov 20, 2016) “Once upon a time, charity was for people who had fallen through the cracks. Those cracks have now turned into crevasses.” Seattle Times(Nov 18, 2016) Mile after mile we plodded upward, reliant on our guide to help us evade the crevasses that lacerated the landscape. Wall Street Journal(Nov 15, 2016) n a deep fissure Hyper cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure a long narrow opening |
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