一、详细释义:
n.
海湾;漩涡 [C]
例句:
The Gulf crisis attracted worldwide attention.
海湾危机引起世界各国的瞩目。
例句:
The gulf extends northward.
海湾向北方延伸。
深渊 [C]
例句:
For all sounds are swallowed in this gulf of space.
因为这一切声音都在这深渊的空间被吞没了。
例句:
The gulf of the social unknown had silently closed above those beings.
社会上那条不可知的深渊静静地将他们淹没了。
隔阂;分歧 [C]
例句:
There is a widening gulf between the middle class and the poorest sections of society.
中产阶级和社会的贫困阶级间的差距在增大。
例句:
But the gulf between government and the former rebels is widening.
而政府和前叛军之间的分歧却日益扩大。
v.
吞没;卷进 [I,T]
例句:
the boy gulfed down the whole bowl.
小男孩把一碗饭吃个精光。
二、词义辨析:
bay,gulf
这两个名词均有“海湾”之意。bay指海岸线上一大块凹入的地方,是港口的所在地。gulf一般比bay大,但比sea小。指大片深入到陆地中,由海岸围绕成半圆形的海水区域。
三、相关短语:
gulf stream
湾流
四、参考例句:
The gulf extends northward.
海湾向北方延伸。
The Gulf crisis attracted worldwide attention.
海湾危机引起世界各国的瞩目。
The war might narrow the gulf.
这场战争有可能填补鸿沟。
Hurricanes periodically menace the Gulf Coast.
飓风常常威胁着墨西哥湾海岸。
The war might narrow the gulf.
这场战争有可能填补鸿沟。
Jack covered the Gulf War for CNN then.
杰克当时替美国有线新闻电视网报导海湾战争。
There is a gulf between the two cities.
这两座城市间有个海湾。
The spill could wipe out the Gulf's turtle population.
这次原油泄漏可能会使波斯湾的海龟灭绝。
The spill could wipe out the Gulf's turtle population.
这次原油泄漏可能会使波斯湾的海龟灭绝。
For all sounds are swallowed in this gulf of space.
因为这一切声音都在这深渊的空间被吞没了。