一、詳細(xì)釋義:


n.

海灣;漩渦 [C]


例句:

The Gulf crisis attracted worldwide attention.

海灣危機(jī)引起世界各國的矚目。


例句:

The gulf extends northward.

海灣向北方延伸。


深淵 [C]


例句:

For all sounds are swallowed in this gulf of space.

因?yàn)檫@一切聲音都在這深淵的空間被吞沒了。


例句:

The gulf of the social unknown had silently closed above those beings.

社會上那條不可知的深淵靜靜地將他們淹沒了。


隔閡;分歧 [C]


例句:

There is a widening gulf between the middle class and the poorest sections of society.

中產(chǎn)階級和社會的貧困階級間的差距在增大。


例句:

But the gulf between government and the former rebels is widening.

而政府和前叛軍之間的分歧卻日益擴(kuò)大。


v.

吞沒;卷進(jìn) [I,T]


例句:

the boy gulfed down the whole bowl.

小男孩把一碗飯吃個精光。


二、詞義辨析:


bay,gulf

這兩個名詞均有“海灣”之意。 bay指海岸線上一大塊凹入的地方,是港口的所在地。 gulf一般比bay大,但比sea小。指大片深入到陸地中,由海岸圍繞成半圓形的海水區(qū)域。


三、相關(guān)短語:


gulf stream

灣流


四、參考例句:


The gulf extends northward.

海灣向北方延伸。


The Gulf crisis attracted worldwide attention.

海灣危機(jī)引起世界各國的矚目。


The war might narrow the gulf.

這場戰(zhàn)爭有可能填補(bǔ)鴻溝。


Hurricanes periodically menace the Gulf Coast.

颶風(fēng)常常威脅著墨西哥灣海岸。


The war might narrow the?gulf.

這場戰(zhàn)爭有可能填補(bǔ)鴻溝。


Jack covered the Gulf War for CNN then.

杰克當(dāng)時替美國有線新聞電視網(wǎng)報導(dǎo)海灣戰(zhàn)爭。


There is a gulf between the two cities.

這兩座城市間有個海灣。


The spill could wipe out the Gulf's turtle population.

這次原油泄漏可能會使波斯灣的海龜滅絕。


The spill could wipe out the Gulf's?turtle?population.

這次原油泄漏可能會使波斯灣的海龜滅絕。


For all sounds are swallowed in this gulf of space.

因?yàn)檫@一切聲音都在這深淵的空間被吞沒了。