1
- a long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth（尤指岩石、地面上的）裂隙, 裂缝。
1.1
- chiefly Anatomy a long narrow opening in the form of a crack or groove, e.g. any of the spaces separating convolutions of the brain【主剖】（大脑的）裂纹, 沟。
1.2
- a state of incompatibility or disagreement不合, 分歧：
the fissure between private sector business and the newly expanding public sector.
私有经济部分与新近日益壮大的公有经济部分之间的冲突。
with obj.［usu. as adj. fissured］
- split or crack (something) to form a long narrow opening使开裂; 使分裂：
low cliffs of fissured Silurian rock.
由开裂的志留纪岩构成的低矮峭壁。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin fissura, from findere 'to split'.