cleavage
noun[CorU]
uk/ˈkliː.vɪdʒ/us/ˈkliː.vɪdʒ/cleavagenoun[C or U](BODY AREA)
thenarrowspacebetween a person'sbreaststhat isseenwhen theywearapieceofclothingthat does notcoverthetopof them:
Clare waswearingalow-cutdressthatshowedoff her cleavage.克莱尔穿了件低胸长裙，露出乳沟。
The breast
- -breasted
- areola
- boob
- booby
- bosom
- bosomy
- breast
- bust
- busty
- buxom
- hooter
- knocker
- moobs
- nipple
- stacked
- sternum
- tit
- titty
cleavagenoun[C or U](DISAGREEMENT)
formal
(a)divisionordisagreement:
差异；分歧There is amarkedcleavagebetweenthepartiesabout the government'sdefencepolicy.对于政府的国防政策，党派间存在着明显的分歧。
Arguments & disagreements
- argument
- be (on) non-speakersidiom
- belligerence
- bickering
- blow(someone/something)up
- bust up
- clash
- conflict
- contentiousness
- contretemps
- ding-dong
- dispute
- dust-up
- hostility
- kerfuffle
- misunderstanding
- personality clash
- rhubarb
- spat
- squabble
cleavagenoun[C or U](OF CELL)
biologyspecialized
thedivisionof acell,especiallyaneggcellafter it has beenfertilized:
It waseasytoidentifypairsofcellswhich had justundergonecleavage.
the cleavagestageofseaurchinembryos
- Wefoundnosignificantdifferencein cleavageratebetween the twotypesofcell.
- Cleavageprogressionwasgeometric, at least for the first 64cells.
- Cleavages of earlyembryosoccurbymitosis.
Cells
- anaphase
- anti-platelet
- assort
- biotech
- bipolar
- diploid
- erythrocyte
- germ cell
- haemoglobin
- histography
- homologous chromosomes
- infiltration
- intercellular
- intermitotic
- meiosis
- prophase
- protoplasmic
- ribosomal
- ribosome
- sensory neuron