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Definition of rift in English: riftnoun rɪftrɪft 1A crack, split, or break in something. 裂缝，裂口 the wind had torn open a rift in the clouds 风把云层吹开了一条裂缝。 Example sentencesExamples - He saw a rift opening and then he knew she was gone.
- Kanta starts to chant a few words and a rift opens in front of them.
- Disagreement over economic policy opened ideological rifts among Iran's ruling elite.
- A few stars glittered coldly in the rifts between the clouds.
- For a while I even entertained the notion that all the people who disappear each year simply fall through a rift in space to another dimension.
- Myself and a few of the other mages opened up a rift in time.
- She waved her hand yet again and opened a purplish rift in the air that glowed with uncertainty.
- However, just as he's about to strike at the demon lord, a rift in time opens and Samanosuke is propelled through time to the future.
- These days, people will tear rifts in the fabric of space-time for any old reason.
- For some at least, this recognition would produce a psychological rift, a split subjectivity imploding with the violent impact of sameness.
- A shaft of sun passed through a rift in the clouds and shone on it.
- Altair sensed a deep rift within her, opened the instant he had spoken of home.
- He had torn a rift in the very fabric of space and time with this white and black magic.
- Your soul has rifts torn by hardships and suffering in the past, and the more you have endured, the easier it is to be consumed.
- Joseph Hanno's crime opened a rift in Mather's complex views about race, slavery, and Christianity: it put them in tension.
- In secret, using technology known only to themselves, the Ta-Kee were able to open quantum rifts, similar to Portals, between the universes and pass from this to another.
- Vagrant Story is still the child of its parents, though, which is where the rift in its appeal opens up.
- An attempt is the operative term, because as Rygar starts his rescue, a rift opens beneath him, sending him into the realm of the Titans.
- Savarics Uzumaki finished the staff and opened the dimensional rifts to allow passage into a new home for demons.
- I went on my journey to find her, I found a rift in space and time by traveling the lands and I found my way to Earth.
Synonyms crack, fault, flaw, split, break, breach, fissure, fracture, cleft, crevice, gap, cranny, slit, chink, interstice, cavity, opening, space, hole, aperture - 1.1Geology A major fault separating blocks of the earth's surface; a rift valley.
〔地质〕地堑，裂谷 Example sentencesExamples - The major rift eventually developed west of Scotland (present orientation).
- Extension associated with lengthening of the Himalayan collision orogen is accommodated by small graben and rifts almost at right angles to the strike of the collision zone.
- The country lies along the East African rift and experiences occasional tremors and earthquakes.
- Dextral slip was not responsible for opening most of the rift basins in Thailand.
- The East African rift system also contributed to knowledge because of the abundance of ash falls.
2A serious break in friendly relations. 〈喻〉（友好关系的）裂痕 the rift between the two branches of the legal profession 法律界两个分支间的裂痕。 Example sentencesExamples - The man who claims them as rightfully his says he hopes to one day mend the family rift.
- The controversial case has widened the rift between conservatives and progressives to the detriment of national unity.
- Chairman Elizabeth Blacklee told the annual parish meeting that personality clashes were to blame for a rift between a modernising faction and veteran councillors.
- The debate boils down to a growing philosophical rift in the industry.
- Recent City of Geraldton council debates and votes have exposed an apparently widening rift between councillors.
- There is a serious rift between the players and the governing body.
- Union leaders will decide today whether to call fresh strikes by firefighters in the New Year, as a deepening rift with the Government dashed any hopes of a breakthrough in the pay dispute.
- Much later in the film we learn there has been a quite serious rift between Jacqueline and Tayeb, but until we reach that point Jacqueline's right to her secrets is respected.
- There were appeals for Mr Bush to work on healing the transatlantic rift.
- The war caused a deep rift in the close-knit Western alliance.
- Eric Simons, the team coach, said categorically that no internal rift existed.
- A source close to Foley denied any boardroom rift, and described relations with Cahill as " top class".
- The meeting revealed a serious rift between them that may result in violence.
- I don't want to cause a rift between her and her friends.
- Two new parish councillors were elected this year on promises made to heal the rift caused by the controversy.
- After mending the rift with his estranged First Lady, Dave sets about healing America itself.
- The regional preparatory meetings over the years revealed a fundamental rift in the alliance.
- Other social and economic developments deepen the rifts in Chinese society.
- The rift between Washington and poor countries over this issue was threatening to derail next month's meeting of the World Trade Organization in Cancun, Mexico.
- News of a rift between the friends is believed to be accurate, with the rumour leaking out at one point last month that the latter had left the company altogether.
Synonyms breach, division, split quarrel, squabble, disagreement, difference of opinion, falling-out, fight, row, altercation, argument, war of words, dispute, conflict, contretemps, clash, wrangle, tussle, feud, battle royal estrangement, alienation, schism informal run-in, spat, scrap British informal ding-dong, bust-up
verb rɪftrɪft [no object]Geology 1Form fissures or breaks, especially through large-scale faulting; move apart. 〔主地质〕开裂，断裂 a fragment of continental crust which rifted away from eastern Australia 从东澳大利亚断裂开去的一块大陆地壳。 Example sentencesExamples - That suggests that the eastern part must have rifted off at some point and drifted away.
- Although Early Triassic rifting in East Greenland and west of Norway has been described previously, limited evidence has been presented, mainly because of absence of data.
- By the beginning of the Cretaceous, the supercontinent Pangea was already rifting apart, and by the mid-Cretaceous, it had split into several smaller continents.
- An active origin is suggested because volcanism and uplift appear to have preceded rifting, an active plume passing over a large area.
- As envisaged by Robertson et al. continental fragments rifted from Gondwana in Triassic time.
- 1.1usually as adjective riftedwith object Tear or force (something) apart.
使断裂，使开裂 the nascent rifted margins of the Red Sea 红海地区刚断裂的边缘部分。 Example sentencesExamples - Dismembered counterparts of the Beysehir-Hoyran Nappes further east are restored as a Triassic rifted margin.
- Mid-Cretaceous faulting is observed along the Ran ridge, whereas the axis of the Paleocene rifted zone is shifted slightly further to the west in the Voring margin.
- These thrust sheets were considered until recently to represent segments of the late Ncoproterozoic rifted margin of Baltica, the opposing rift margin to East Greenland in conventional palaeocontinental reconstructions.
- Finally volcanic rocks spread over its surface as the Slave protocontinent was rifted apart about 2.8 billion to 2.7 billion years ago.
- It is worth noting the similarities and differences between the Early Cretaceous rifted continental margin evolution of the West Peruvian Trough and the contemporaneous evolution of this Chilean Coastal Range segment.
OriginMiddle English: of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian and Danish rift 'cleft, chink'. Rhymesadrift, drift, gift, grift, lift, shift, shrift, sift, squiffed, swift, thrift, uplift Definition of rift in US English: riftnounriftrɪft 1A crack, split, or break in something. 裂缝，裂口 the wind had torn open a rift in the clouds 风把云层吹开了一条裂缝。 Example sentencesExamples - However, just as he's about to strike at the demon lord, a rift in time opens and Samanosuke is propelled through time to the future.
- Savarics Uzumaki finished the staff and opened the dimensional rifts to allow passage into a new home for demons.
- Vagrant Story is still the child of its parents, though, which is where the rift in its appeal opens up.
- For some at least, this recognition would produce a psychological rift, a split subjectivity imploding with the violent impact of sameness.
- Kanta starts to chant a few words and a rift opens in front of them.
- I went on my journey to find her, I found a rift in space and time by traveling the lands and I found my way to Earth.
- He saw a rift opening and then he knew she was gone.
- Myself and a few of the other mages opened up a rift in time.
- A few stars glittered coldly in the rifts between the clouds.
- A shaft of sun passed through a rift in the clouds and shone on it.
- An attempt is the operative term, because as Rygar starts his rescue, a rift opens beneath him, sending him into the realm of the Titans.
- She waved her hand yet again and opened a purplish rift in the air that glowed with uncertainty.
- Joseph Hanno's crime opened a rift in Mather's complex views about race, slavery, and Christianity: it put them in tension.
- Your soul has rifts torn by hardships and suffering in the past, and the more you have endured, the easier it is to be consumed.
- In secret, using technology known only to themselves, the Ta-Kee were able to open quantum rifts, similar to Portals, between the universes and pass from this to another.
- Disagreement over economic policy opened ideological rifts among Iran's ruling elite.
- These days, people will tear rifts in the fabric of space-time for any old reason.
- For a while I even entertained the notion that all the people who disappear each year simply fall through a rift in space to another dimension.
- Altair sensed a deep rift within her, opened the instant he had spoken of home.
- He had torn a rift in the very fabric of space and time with this white and black magic.
Synonyms crack, fault, flaw, split, break, breach, fissure, fracture, cleft, crevice, gap, cranny, slit, chink, interstice, cavity, opening, space, hole, aperture - 1.1Geology A major fault separating blocks of the earth's surface; a rift valley.
〔地质〕地堑，裂谷 Example sentencesExamples - The East African rift system also contributed to knowledge because of the abundance of ash falls.
- The country lies along the East African rift and experiences occasional tremors and earthquakes.
- The major rift eventually developed west of Scotland (present orientation).
- Extension associated with lengthening of the Himalayan collision orogen is accommodated by small graben and rifts almost at right angles to the strike of the collision zone.
- Dextral slip was not responsible for opening most of the rift basins in Thailand.
2A serious break in friendly relations. 〈喻〉（友好关系的）裂痕 their demise caused a rift between the city's town and gown Example sentencesExamples - A source close to Foley denied any boardroom rift, and described relations with Cahill as " top class".
- After mending the rift with his estranged First Lady, Dave sets about healing America itself.
- Other social and economic developments deepen the rifts in Chinese society.
- Recent City of Geraldton council debates and votes have exposed an apparently widening rift between councillors.
- Eric Simons, the team coach, said categorically that no internal rift existed.
- The controversial case has widened the rift between conservatives and progressives to the detriment of national unity.
- Much later in the film we learn there has been a quite serious rift between Jacqueline and Tayeb, but until we reach that point Jacqueline's right to her secrets is respected.
- The man who claims them as rightfully his says he hopes to one day mend the family rift.
- There is a serious rift between the players and the governing body.
- Union leaders will decide today whether to call fresh strikes by firefighters in the New Year, as a deepening rift with the Government dashed any hopes of a breakthrough in the pay dispute.
- The rift between Washington and poor countries over this issue was threatening to derail next month's meeting of the World Trade Organization in Cancun, Mexico.
- There were appeals for Mr Bush to work on healing the transatlantic rift.
- The meeting revealed a serious rift between them that may result in violence.
- The war caused a deep rift in the close-knit Western alliance.
- News of a rift between the friends is believed to be accurate, with the rumour leaking out at one point last month that the latter had left the company altogether.
- I don't want to cause a rift between her and her friends.
- Two new parish councillors were elected this year on promises made to heal the rift caused by the controversy.
- The regional preparatory meetings over the years revealed a fundamental rift in the alliance.
- The debate boils down to a growing philosophical rift in the industry.
- Chairman Elizabeth Blacklee told the annual parish meeting that personality clashes were to blame for a rift between a modernising faction and veteran councillors.
verbriftrɪft [no object]Geology 1Form fissures, cracks, or breaks, especially through large-scale faulting; move apart. 〔主地质〕开裂，断裂 a fragment of continental crust that rifted away from eastern Australia 从东澳大利亚断裂开去的一块大陆地壳。 active rifting in southwestern Mexico 墨西哥西南部活跃的地壳断裂。 Example sentencesExamples - That suggests that the eastern part must have rifted off at some point and drifted away.
- By the beginning of the Cretaceous, the supercontinent Pangea was already rifting apart, and by the mid-Cretaceous, it had split into several smaller continents.
- An active origin is suggested because volcanism and uplift appear to have preceded rifting, an active plume passing over a large area.
- Although Early Triassic rifting in East Greenland and west of Norway has been described previously, limited evidence has been presented, mainly because of absence of data.
- As envisaged by Robertson et al. continental fragments rifted from Gondwana in Triassic time.
- 1.1usually as adjective riftedwith object Tear or force (something) apart.
使断裂，使开裂 the nascent rifted margins of the Red Sea 红海地区刚断裂的边缘部分。 Example sentencesExamples - These thrust sheets were considered until recently to represent segments of the late Ncoproterozoic rifted margin of Baltica, the opposing rift margin to East Greenland in conventional palaeocontinental reconstructions.
- Mid-Cretaceous faulting is observed along the Ran ridge, whereas the axis of the Paleocene rifted zone is shifted slightly further to the west in the Voring margin.
- Finally volcanic rocks spread over its surface as the Slave protocontinent was rifted apart about 2.8 billion to 2.7 billion years ago.
- Dismembered counterparts of the Beysehir-Hoyran Nappes further east are restored as a Triassic rifted margin.
- It is worth noting the similarities and differences between the Early Cretaceous rifted continental margin evolution of the West Peruvian Trough and the contemporaneous evolution of this Chilean Coastal Range segment.
OriginMiddle English: of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian and Danish rift ‘cleft, chink’. |