cleft sentence
noun
- Grammar a sentence in which an element is emphasized by being put in a separate clause, with the use of an empty introductory word such as it or that, e.g. it's money we want; it was today that I saw him; that was the King you were talking to.【语法】分裂句（强调句中某成分, 将此成分单独列为从句, 使用it, that作为虚义引导词, 如it's money we want; it was today that I saw him; that was the King you were talking to）。