gap/ɡæp/

n C

1. (墙、篱笆等的)缺口,豁口，裂口；(防线的)突破口

• We could see the house through a gap in the wall. 我们从墙缝中能看到那所房子。

• We must see that there is no gap in our defenses. 注意不要让我们的防线有漏洞。

• open a gap 开一个通道；予以机会

2. 间隔；间隙；空白

• There's a gap of two miles between the nearest houses and us. 我们和住得最近的人家有两英里的距离。

• I bridged a gap in the conversation by telling a joke. 我讲了一个笑话来打破谈话中的冷场。

• The work fills (in) a gap which has hitherto existed in our archaeological literature. 这部著作填补了我国考古文献中的一个空白。

3. 分歧，隔阂；差距

• Both parents and teenagers must try to bridge the generation gap between them. 父母和青少年双方都必须努力填补他们之间的代沟。

4. 峡谷；山口

• The main road goes through the mountain gap. 那条大路穿过峡谷。