gulf 音标拼音: [g'ʌlf]
n . 海湾,深渊,漩涡,隔阂
vt . 吞没
海湾,深渊,漩涡,隔阂吞没
gulf n 1 :
an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land ;
larger than a bay 2 :
an unbridgeable disparity (
as from a failure of understanding ); "
he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends "; "
there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy " [
synonym : {
gulf }, {
disconnect },
{
disconnection }]
3 :
a deep wide chasm Gulf \
Gulf \ (
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n . [
F .
golfe ,
It .
golfo ,
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Gr .
ko `
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bay ,
gulf ,
LGr .
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1 .
A hollow place in the earth ;
an abyss ;
a deep chasm or basin ,
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He then surveyed Hell and the gulf between . --
Milton .
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Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed .
--
Luke xvi .
26 .
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2 .
That which swallows ;
the gullet . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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3 .
That which swallows irretrievably ;
a whirlpool ;
a sucking eddy . --
Shak .
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A gulf of ruin ,
swallowing gold . --
Tennyson .
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4 . (
Geog .)
A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land ;
a partially land -
locked sea ;
as ,
the Gulf of Mexico .
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5 . (
Mining )
A large deposit of ore in a lode .
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{
Gulf Stream } (
Geog .),
the warm ocean current of the North Atlantic .
Note :
It originates in the westward equatorial current ,
due to the trade winds ,
is deflected northward by Cape St .
Roque through the Gulf of Mexico ,
and flows parallel to the coast of North America ,
turning eastward off the island of Nantucket .
Its average rate of flow is said to be about two miles an hour .
The similar Japan current ,
or Kuro -
Siwo ,
is sometimes called the Gulf Stream of the Pacific .
{
Gulf weed } (
Bot .),
a branching seaweed ({
Sargassum bacciferum },
or sea grape ),
having numerous berrylike air vessels , --
found in the Gulf Stream ,
in the Sargasso Sea ,
and elsewhere .
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163 Moby Thesaurus words for "
gulf ":
Charybdis ,
Maelstrom ,
abysm ,
abyss ,
aperture ,
arm ,
armlet ,
arroyo ,
back stream ,
backflow ,
backwash ,
backwater ,
bay ,
bayou ,
belt ,
bight ,
boca ,
box canyon ,
breach ,
break ,
broaching ,
canyon ,
cave ,
cavity ,
chap ,
chasm ,
check ,
chimney ,
chink ,
clearing ,
cleft ,
cleuch ,
clough ,
col ,
coulee ,
couloir ,
countercurrent ,
counterflow ,
counterflux ,
cove ,
crack ,
cranny ,
crater ,
creek ,
crevasse ,
crevice ,
cut ,
cwm ,
deep ,
defile ,
dell ,
depth ,
dig ,
diggings ,
dike ,
disclosure ,
ditch ,
donga ,
draw ,
eddy ,
estuary ,
euripus ,
excavation ,
fault ,
fenestra ,
fiord ,
firth ,
fissure ,
fistula ,
fjord ,
flaw ,
flume ,
fontanel ,
foramen ,
fracture ,
frith ,
furrow ,
gap ,
gape ,
gash ,
gat ,
gorge ,
groove ,
gulch ,
gully ,
gurge ,
gut ,
harbor ,
hiatus ,
hole ,
hollow ,
incision ,
inlet ,
interval ,
joint ,
kloof ,
kyle ,
lacuna ,
laying open ,
leak ,
loch ,
lough ,
maelstrom ,
mine ,
moat ,
mouth ,
narrow ,
narrow seas ,
narrows ,
natural harbor ,
notch ,
nullah ,
opening ,
opening up ,
orifice ,
outlet ,
pass ,
passage ,
passageway ,
pit ,
pore ,
quarry ,
ravine ,
reach ,
refluence ,
reflux ,
regurgitation ,
rent ,
rift ,
rime ,
road ,
roads ,
roadstead ,
rupture ,
scissure ,
seam ,
separation ,
shaft ,
slit ,
slot ,
slough ,
sound ,
space ,
split ,
stoma ,
strait ,
straits ,
swirl ,
throwing open ,
trench ,
twirl ,
uncorking ,
unstopping ,
valley ,
void ,
vortex ,
wadi ,
well ,
whirl ,
whirlpool ,
workings ,
yawn ,
yawning abyss
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