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- a long deep slash, cut, or wound（砍伤、割伤的深长）伤口, 切口：
a bad gash in one leg became infected.
一条腿上严重的伤口开始感染了。
1.1
- a cleft made as if by a slashing cut（像被砍开的）裂口：
the blast ripped a 25-foot gash in the hull.
爆炸在船体上造成了一道25英尺长的裂口。
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- vulgar slang a woman's vulva〈粗俚〉阴户。
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- mass noun offensive women collectively regarded in sexual terms〈冒犯〉［总称］（被视作性交对象的）女人。
with obj.
- make a gash in; cut deeply（深深地）砍, 割：
the jagged edges gashed their fingers.
锯齿状的刀口割伤了他们的手指。
词源
Middle English garse, from Old French garcer 'to chap, crack', perhaps based on Greek kharassein 'sharpen, scratch, engrave'. The current spelling is recorded from the mid 16th cent.